Interview - Miriam Calleja Shaw

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You have recently published a book called COVID-19and the Virus that Shook the World . It provides a sobering look at virus infections and pandemics, with particular emphasis on the COVID-19 strain. Presently, the cases have diminished in Europe but the spread has moved elsewhere. However, how safe is ‘safe’ at the moment? With the way things are evolving with the ’new’ coronavirus, it’s very difficult to answer this question. The WHO just last weekend warned that the worst may be yet to come. We are certainly witnessing an atrocious amount of deaths and illness in the US. We don’t yet know with certainty which factors are affecting the progression of the pandemic. Indeed we don’t even know about all the symptoms that appear with COVID-19 infection. The relative ‘safety’ is different for everyone, depending on the state of their immunity and certain other factors. For a person with average health who isn’t too old, the danger of getting severely ill may be low – but we need to
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Robert's Recommended Reads: A Whiter Shade of Weird

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One man's meat is another man's poison, or so the saying goes. Which, as far as I'm concerned, explains mighty little. A lot of people are averse to anything weird because it's, well, just too weird. By which they would mean that, for instance, no man has any business turning into a cockroach. However, what I find weird is that talking animals, extravagant transformations, dubious behaviour from heroes and a story arc that looks less like an arc and more like a sneeze, are what constitute a big chunk of what we consume as children. For example, Goldilocks and the Three Bears. And pick your favourite Roald Dahl. Somewhere along the way, this weird veneer is brushed off in favour of 'safer' stuff. But anyway, Robert from The Bobsphere talks about some of the weird books in his collection.


















































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