09 April 2020 1 Min Read
The unbearable emptiness of life under lockdown
in Ideas by PHILANI NOMBEMBE
An illustration for 'The Old Man and Death', from an early 19th-century edition of 'Aesop's Fables', a source for the saying, 'Be careful what you wish for'.
Image: C Whittingham
Image: C Whittingham
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Ancient Greek storyteller Aesop said: “Be careful what you wish for.”
In 2020, I have come to understand what this means.
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