Lockdown Lessons: Coming out the other side

In Episode 7: We touch base with Oli and Kirsty - after more than three months - to find out how things are going for them in China. We also hear from people all around the world, about their lockdown experiences, from Mexico to Dubai to Australia and the U.S. It's Episode 7: The Global check-in, Part 1. Listen now...

In Episode 6: Oli and Kirsty talk about their own experience in China when their lockdown was first eased. They had to have a valid access card and code to get into any bus or shop. Those in hotspot areas weren't given as much free rein as those on 'green' areas. Oli and Kirsty celebrated the wins though, and talk about how to dine out, wearing a mask; what getting a takeaway entailed - and having to have their temperatures taken three times a day. Listen to episode 6...

In episode 5: Small things become huge - after 2 weeks in lockdown, as Kirsty and Oli discovered during their own lockdown. They also talk about how a harmless photo they took from their apartment went viral in the worst possible way; look at some of the differences between their 51 day quarantine experience in China and what they're seeing happen in South Africa, Listen now...

Imagine venturing outside for a grocery run during lockdown and having 12 guards surround you as you leave your apartment; take your temperature and escort you to the shop? This is what happened to our Lockdown Lessons hosts, Oli and Kirsty during their 51 day quarantine in China. And in that shop, there was hardly any food and they were rationed. Very different to our well-stocked supermarkets. The South African couple talk us through what they were going through by the end of their first week. Plus they share great advice for couples - and take a look at the key differences they're seeing between the China and South Africa lockdowns!

Episode 3: Finding a routine and finding purpose - Kirsty and Oli talk to us about their experiences in lockdown, at around about the Day 4 stage, where we are in South Africa today. For them this was a time when they began moving to a state of peaceful acceptance about the situation in China. Listen to their latest episode.

Lockdown Day – It’s upon us! Kirsty and Oli take us through their lockdown day experience in China and how they found out that things had been shut down -- a very different experience to ours. Bear in mind, the pandemic began in China, so they had no experiences from other countries to learn from or follow.

Kirsty and Oliver Boyes are South Africans living and working in China. They've walked the coronavirus lockdown road over the past few months, and will be sharing their learnings. In Episode 1, they talk about the days leading to lockdown.