Life has changed beyond all recognition in just one week – as many in this country like others get used to the idea of spending many months at home, some of them all on their own.
Few people know what living in isolation is like better than Terry Waite – who spent almost five years as a hostage during the Lebanon civil war.
We’ve been talking to him – along with experts and others who’ve experienced long periods alone – to hear their advice and encouraging words – we are all in this together.