List: The French Confinement Diary | Curated by William Sidnam

Jan 20, 2023
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The French Confinement Diary
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4 Hours Before the ConfinementA photo essay on Paris just before the lockdown began
May 25, 2020
May 25, 2020
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24 Hours Before the ConfinementA photo essay on a pre-lockdown Paris
May 23, 2020
May 23, 2020
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The Day Before the French Confinement EndedThoughts on what a post-lockdown future may hold
May 15, 2020
May 15, 2020
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The French Confinement is Finishing, and I Don't Know How I Feel About ThatWhen you're forced to stay inside, you can't feel guilty about not going out
May 13, 2020
May 13, 2020
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Free Expression Is Getting RustyAnticipating the 'déconfinement' is keeping me up at night
May 12, 2020
May 12, 2020
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So Much For Solidarity And All That JazzDocumenting a city in lockdown
May 11, 2020
May 11, 2020
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Goodbye sunshine, welcome back cloudsLooks like blue sky days have gone for good
May 10, 2020
May 10, 2020
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Turns out April really is the cruelest monthMusings on the nature of time in lockdown
May 5, 2020
May 5, 2020
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20 things I've heard from the French ConfinementA list of sounds made during the Covid-19 pandemic
May 2, 2020
May 2, 2020
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50 things I've seen from the French confinementA random list of  observations related to the Covid-19 crisis
Apr 30, 2020
Apr 30, 2020
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Rain couldn't be a more welcome sight, for onceThere's something soothingly cathartic about a heavy drizzle
Apr 28, 2020
Apr 28, 2020
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Forget about your house of cards, and I'll do mineRadiohead's In Rainbows is the soundtrack of my quarantine
Apr 27, 2020
Apr 27, 2020
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Football would be a great distraction from the crisis, but that's kind of the problemI miss football way more than I had expected
Apr 26, 2020
Apr 26, 2020
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After the Ambulances Go, Where Do We Go?Anxiety, apathy, animus and apprehension.
Apr 25, 2020
Apr 25, 2020
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Spreading Memes to Slow the SpreadMemes are contagious. But thankfully, they aren't dangerous.
Apr 21, 2020
Apr 21, 2020
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When Civilisation Resumes, I Won't Look Like I Belong in ItOn swollen eyes, unkempt hair, and green tea addiction
Apr 20, 2020
Apr 20, 2020
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Paris: A City of Lights, and LockdownAmidst an unimaginable crisis, cherry blossoms wilt alone
Apr 18, 2020
Apr 18, 2020
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Cherry Blossoms Couldn't Have Chosen a Worse Time to Turn PinkOn insomnia, siestas and being shouted at by strangers for being outside…like them
Apr 17, 2020
Apr 17, 2020
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If I Can't Have Easter Eggs, I'll Settle for a Magic CarpetDuring lockdown, carpets are getting more outdoor time than humans
Apr 16, 2020
Apr 16, 2020
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According to French Grammar, COVID-19 is Now a 'She'We've been using the wrong gender for Coronavirus this whole time
Apr 14, 2020
Apr 14, 2020