Tips for Living and Working From Home Alone in the Virus Era

In the early days of London’s lockdown, while queuing for sourdough bread at a bakery near my flat, I started chatting with a couple standing two meters behind me. When I told them I was living on my own, they looked sweetly at each other, then turned to me and said, “We’re just so glad we’re not alone.”

I said I’m happy with my situation—it’s nice to have the place to myself and no difficult flatmates to contend with—but seven weeks on, I reconsidered and recently moved in with my parents, who live elsewhere in London. I needed the company.