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Stage and Screen came to a juddering halt in March; everything I was involved in was either put-on-ice or cancelled for the foreseeable future. Professional and semi-professional actors and everyone else involved in the business were suddenly out of work. Equity General Secretary, Christine Payne said in our magazine last month: “The coronavirus closed our industry down and we are now seeing tentative signs of it re-opening; now more than ever we must stand together”.

My Great Grandfather Chief Petty Officer William Buchan, HMS Pembroke 1899

My ongoing project is writing a monologue about family life, seen through my mother’s eyes 1890 to 1960. After much research the early years has provided some great family stories, some very sad, and some through tough times; I look forward to retelling, on stage and through social media; when I eventually finish writing it!