Author: Henry Ashworth

BlitzSpirit: Did the pandemic truly rekindle the spirit of 1940 – or simply borrow its language? Imagine a spring evening in 2020. Unlike the blackouts of wartime, the darkness isn’t imposed, but chosen. Curtains drawn, streets largely empty, a strange quiet descending over cities and towns. The sound isn’t of air raid sirens, but news […]

BlitzSpirit: Did the pandemic truly revive the spirit of 1940, or was it a comforting illusion? The photo felt almost eerily familiar. A street, quiet. Empty. A doctor or nurse, visor fogged, walking home late at night. Not London in 1941, but a small town in Hampshire in April 2020. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, comparisons […]