Spirit Today

BlitzSpirit: How the pandemic rediscovered a grassroots resilience forged in the fires of war. The chipped ceramic mug warmed my hands, offered with a quiet, “You look like you could use this, love.” It was April 2020, and supermarket shelves were bare. This wasn’t a scene from the Blitz, yet the anxiety felt remarkably similar. […]

BlitzSpirit: When weekly applause became a national expression of solidarity, mirroring – and diverging from – the wartime experience. Imagine a Thursday evening. Streets, usually bustling or quiet with routine, fall silent. Then, a single clap. Another joins, then a chorus, building into a rolling wave of sound across towns and cities. This was the […]

BlitzSpirit: How a weekly applause revived a spirit of collective gratitude – and revealed its limits. The Thursdays felt different. At 8pm, a quiet descended, the usual hum of city life giving way to… anticipation. Then, the first clap. Then another, and another, spreading like a wave across streets and through high-rise flats. For ten […]

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 […]