Opinion
Just switch the narrative
Most of us resemble nothing so much as a herd of anxious antelope in this coronavirus moment, with panic as our instinctive default. As Ben Okri says, we should dare to imagine another way, writes Nadine Dreyer
29 March 2020 - 00:00
When our president told the nation not to panic what did the nation do? We put on our trainers and sprinted for the nearest supermarket to buy a truckload of household goods...
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