Features the discussion ‘The ‘stolen years’: understanding the lockdowns’ recorded at Living Freedom Summer School 2023.  

It’s not surprising lockdown was experienced as an era of loneliness, anxiety and fear. In every arena, freedom, autonomy and social life were restricted in favour of Zoom calls, family bubbles, and vaccine passports. Some say we are seeing a permanent shift in the experience of growing up. But to what extent has Covid given rise to a distinct generational outlook? Have habits of fraternity and solidarity been damaged irreparably or can we rescue the idea of freedom from widespread fatalism? 

LECTURER 

Dr Jennie Bristow sociologist, co-author, The Corona Generation 

READ ON 

Why do young people still support lockdowns? Max Mitchell, UnHerd, 25 March 2023 

Generation CUB – how the events of Covid, Ukraine and Brexit will shape our teenagers’ lives forever Jennie Bristow, Telegraph, 10 March 2022 

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