from the editor
THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN has become a strange place over the last eighteen months. Borders, both state and international, have been closed, communities have been locked down, face masks have become commonplace and hand sanitiser a regular item on shopping lists. Many have suffered loss; of jobs, income and even lives as a viral pandemic ravages the globe and we have been wrenched, unceremoniously, from the complacency of our everyday lives. While there has been much to despair over, the sudden inability to travel unfettered, the need to stay at home in relative isolation and the limit on social activities have had a positive side. We have all had to slow down, take stock of who and what in our lives is really important and find ways of filling…