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Hi. Caroline Davies here, taking over the blog for the next few hours. You can get in touch on caroline.davies@theguardian.com
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That’s it from me, Helen Sullivan, for today. Thanks for following – and stay tuned for more updates from my colleague Caroline Davies.
If you would like some calm with your pandemic-mandated indoor monotony, might I suggest these poet-recommended Keats poems:
Related: John Keats: five poets on his best poems, 200 years since his death
