NEARLY a year into our new normal, it’s safe to say that the novelty of working from home has worn off. After enjoying the thrill of a 10-second commute and Zooming in pyjama bottoms, many of us with desk jobs found ourselves feeling oddly nostalgic for office life. It was clear that this feeling (there must be a German word for it) was becoming widespread when Pret started offering not only coffee for home delivery, but sandwiches, too.
If you’re sick of staring at the same patch of wall and longing for (socially distanced) water-cooler conversation, what are your options? Coffee shops are cramped, with a fight for tables first thing in the morning and a hefty tab for food and drink at the end of the day. The wi-fi, too, can be very hit-and-miss. Step forward the new generation of London co-working spaces.
Popping up in hotels, restaurants and private members’ clubs, they combine home comforts with state-of-the-art facilities and coronavirus safe protocols. As well as giving you somewhere to work other than your kitchen table, they’re a lifeline for a sector that’s been hit even harder than most during the pandemic. If you’re looking for a way to support hospitality, this is a good one.
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Happiness in small things
Putting life into perspective and forces of nature in farming
Colour vision
In an eye-baffling arrangement of geometric shapes, a sinister-looking clown and a little girl, Test Card F is one of television’s most enduring images, says Rob Crossan
'Without fever there is no creation'
Three of the top 10 operas performed worldwide are by the emotionally volatile Italian composer Giacomo Puccini, who died a century ago. Henrietta Bredin explains how his colourful life influenced his melodramatic plot lines
The colour revolution
Toxic, dull or fast-fading pigments had long made it tricky for artists to paint verdant scenes, but the 19th century ushered in a viridescent explosion of waterlili
Bullace for you
The distinction between plums, damsons and bullaces is sweetly subtle, boiling down to flavour and aesthetics, but don’t eat the stones, warns John Wright
Lights, camera, action!
Three remarkable country houses, two of which have links to the film industry, the other the setting for a top-class croquet tournament, are anything but ordinary
I was on fire for you, where did you go?
In Iceland, a land with no monks or monkeys, our correspondent attempts to master the art of fishing light’ for Salmo salar, by stroking the creases and dimples of the Midfjardara river like the features of a loved one
Bravery bevond belief
A teenager on his gap year who saved a boy and his father from being savaged by a crocodile is one of a host of heroic acts celebrated in a book to mark the 250th anniversary of the Royal Humane Society, says its author Rupert Uloth
Let's get to the bottom of this
Discovering a well on your property can be viewed as a blessing or a curse, but all's well that ends well, says Deborah Nicholls-Lee, as she examines the benefits of a personal water supply
Sing on, sweet bird
An essential component of our emotional relationship with the landscape, the mellifluous song of a thrush shapes the very foundation of human happiness, notes Mark Cocker, as he takes a closer look at this diverse family of birds
