UCL MODO Magazine April 2020

EDITOR'S LETTER APRIL ISSUE As I write to you from a sunny Kent garden with several catch-up Vogue copies scattered around me, things do not seem so bad. I could simply be on a city escape home before returning to my life in busy London. My boyfriend’s dog who rolls around besides me is certainly none the wiser. A glance at my phone, however, immediately shatters this momentary calm. The new ‘C’ word, plastered on every headline: coronavirus. After having my study semester abroad in Berlin cancelled, the propensity to mope was at an alltime high. A quick google of the overwhelmed NHS hospitals, however, provides a prompt reality check of my privilege to be able to stay home whilst others risk their lives on the frontline every day. That said… adaption to this new way of life isn’t easy. For many of us, myself included, a shift of mindset is needed to help us get through the next few weeks, or (eek!) months.

Now is the time to complete that tricky side split skirt you drew the pattern for and never finished, the time to restart your blog, to explore your creative goals and work on yourself. You've got this!

Yours, Cordelia Speed