Staying In with Jan Powell
I'm a journalist and humanitarian living in France. With a third of the world having to stay in because of the Covid-19 lockdown, I talk to people from different ends of the earth to hear how they are coping with their own particular coronavirus confinement. From Paris to Penzance, Istanbul to India, what are people experiencing - the local rules, the frustrations, the highs and lows and what, if anything, do we all have in common? Audio postcards from the pandemic with me, Jan Powell.
Staying In with Jan Powell
Pandemic Painting in Penzance
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Jan Powell
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Season 1
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Episode 1
Jan catches up with film-maker, old friend and colleague, Gill Fickling (find her at Gillfickling.com) After years of travel, Gill moved back to Britain to a new home in Penzance just a few weeks before the lockdown began. We take a look at what its like to settle down after life as a global nomad, how to adapt to a new community while social distancing rules apply, and the delights of being immersed in your own language and culture after years away. Gill is coping with lockdown restrictions by throwing herself into a painting challenge - producing and selling a painting a day to raise money for refugees. But how to find new subjects when you have to stay in? Will it be a holiday photo view? Or the chickens at the bottom of the garden?
