“People needed a place to laugh, and to know that they weren’t the only person who had texted their ex.” | Paul Moore talks coping with COVID through CoronaJokes

Tell us about your Instagram community CoronaJokes. Back when the lockdown started, I was finding jokes for our weird new world, and sticking them on my Instagram story. Cut to three months later, and there’s a community of several hundred people, seven days a week, coming to enjoy the day’s CoronaJokes and submit their own. … Continue reading “People needed a place to laugh, and to know that they weren’t the only person who had texted their ex.” | Paul Moore talks coping with COVID through CoronaJokes

“I just want to make people recognisible yet also adorable.” | Katiee Liz talks Animal Crossing and kawaii cuteness for her Curiously Colourful creations

Tell us about the art you make for Curiously Colourful. A lot of my art starts out as things that I like or I’m obsessing over and then snowballs into me creating things for other people. I’ll design stickers or earrings based on things I love and then am always really surprised when people want … Continue reading “I just want to make people recognisible yet also adorable.” | Katiee Liz talks Animal Crossing and kawaii cuteness for her Curiously Colourful creations

“It tests the grey matter in a very down-to-earth sort of way.” | Dave Chawner on staying mentally sharp, safe and silly with his virtual pub quiz

C/W: Mental health, anorexia, parental death Tell us about your quiz. It was the first week of lockdown that I thought about it. I put it out to Facebook to ask if people thought a virtual pub quiz would work because I didn’t think I’d seen it done anywhere else. This was about four weeks … Continue reading “It tests the grey matter in a very down-to-earth sort of way.” | Dave Chawner on staying mentally sharp, safe and silly with his virtual pub quiz