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Editor's note
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Social media is full of people complaining of lockdown exhaustion. Instead of bouncing out of bed to deal with 100 normally achievable chores, they are struggling to get out from under their duvets. So how come so many people feel so tired when they're just staying at home?
Psychologists Sarita Robinson and John Leach explain that it’s not only physical exertions that make us tired, but mental ones too. They walk us through the various stages of adjusting to new situations, and make suggestions for how best to cope – including a little wisdom from Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton. And if you're struggling to stay fit while spending all this time indoors, consider the Nelson
Mandela workout, courtesy of Gavin Evans, who interviewed the great man about his fitness regimes when incarcerated on Robben Island.
Elsewhere, don’t miss our weekly coronavirus round up from across The Conversation global network. There is also this great piece on Daniel Defoe’s fictional account of the London plague of 1665, which has eerie echoes today.
Meanwhile, the blockbuster Netflix documentary series Tiger King has revealed that more tigers are kept in captivity in the US than roam free worldwide. But Tara Pirie, a big cats specialist, explains why they can’t simply be liberated into the wild.
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Naomi Joseph
Commissioning Editor, Arts + Culture
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Change can be tiring and readjusting after such upheaval takes time.
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Sarita Robinson, University of Central Lancashire; John Leach, University of Portsmouth
It takes a period of mental adjustment to get over such big changes but optimism and structure could help.
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A hospital worker at a COVID-19 assessment centre for staff at Lions Gate Hospital, in North Vancouver, on March 19, 2020.
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Patricia Nicholson, The Conversation
This fifth weekly column by our team of international health editors highlights more of the recently published articles from The Conversation’s global network.
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Former South African President Nelson Mandela with former American world boxing champion Marvin Hagler. The undated photo was taken after Mandela’s release.
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Gavin Evans, Birkbeck, University of London
Prison life is about routine: each day like the one before; each week like the one before it, so that the months and years blend into each other.
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Arts + Culture
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David Roberts, Birmingham City University
Written 60 years after the bubonic plague swept London, Defoe's account may have been a hoax, but it still rings true today.
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Matthew Graham, University of Dundee; Christopher Fevre, University of the Free State
The British Anti-Apartheid Movement was founded 60 years ago. Here's why it remains as relevant today as in its heyday.
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Science + Technology
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Eivor Oborn, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
Research indicates people would be willing to give up privacy to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Environment + Energy
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Stephen Joseph, University of Hertfordshire
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has called for fewer cars and better public transport.
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Politics + Society
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Alex Oaten, University of Birmingham; Chris Allen, University of Leicester
History shows us that when police forces apply the rules unevenly, some groups are hit harder than others.
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Annabel Bligh, The Conversation
PODCAST: How the internet has and hasn't changed the game for the spread of conspiracy theories.
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Nicolas Guilhot, City College of New York
Like conspiracy theories, pandemics are about an invisible and powerful enemy hiding among us.
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Andrew Brady, Anglia Ruskin University
With events cancelled, charity shops closed and finances stalling, charities in the UK are being hit hard by the coronavirus crisis.
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Business + Economy
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Michael Yaziji, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
A market closure is different to a recession.
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Education
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Reza Gholami, University of Birmingham
Asylum seekers rely on informal networks which struggle to operate under social distancing rules.
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