Yes, we’ve all had to   get used to being frightened to death by switching on the six o’clock news for the latest Coronavirus death toll. But like Eric Idle jauntily warbling on the cross, let’s take five minutes to look on the bright side of COVID19. E ver since a new   and novel strain of Coronavirus emerged from the wet markets of Wuhan, our world has been put on hold. We and all those close to us, now live under the fear of death. COVID19 will go down in history, alongside those other decimating deceases, Spanish Flu and the Black Death. But how can we take any positives   from COVID19 when schools are being closed, people are being laid off, hoarding is rife, staying home is the norm and hospitals are overwhelmed with the sick and the dying? The uncomfortable truth is, a global pandemic was always going to happen. The World Health Organisation has been warning governments for years but they simply chose not to listen. Although any death is a death too many , in the c...

It didn’t take long , did it? The school yard bullies of America and China to kick-off the World Finger-Pointing Championships.  It’s a conspiracy theory played out on seperate continents, about who actually started COVID19 and sent the planet into Coronavirus pandemic lockdown. As soon as President Trump got wind that a Chinese official had spread the rumour that the virus had been imported to China by U.S. Army personnel, diplomacy (not President Trump’s strong suit), went straight out of the window. 中國病毒 19   (Chinese Virus 19) In that moment, the virus became ‘foreign’, an invader purposely sent by another power to wreak havoc on Donald’s people and more importantly the U.S. economy. The term ‘Chinese virus’ began to pepper speeches from the White House podium. ‘Corona’ was hurriedly scratched out and replaced with ‘Chinese’ more and more frequently. When asked if this was racist, Donald replied ‘It’s from China. It comes from China. I want to be accurate.’ He mi...

You haven’t got us on the run!   We grew up watching an Army of old blokes, poke fun at a hysterical little man with only one testicle. We chuckled at Knights with coconut sound effects, armed with killer one-liners. So COVID19,  I fart in your general direction, your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries. What you’ve handed humanity is just a flesh wound! We are the Knights who say...COVID19 is just a sick Joke? Black Humour Rules OK!  One thing you can count on in a time of crisis is for black humour to turn up in peculiar places. Coronavirus has spun our lives out of our control. Forcing us to distance ourselves from mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, friends and relations. Making them smile, at a safe distance puts our hand back on the tiller for a split second. Connecting us once again, as Mastercard would put it. Priceless. Your funny bone’s connected to your tragic bone!   Tragedy and comedy, it seems don’t live very far from each...