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Editorial

FOR ME, IT BEGAN WITH NEGOTIATING the way to wear a mask without my glasses fogging up. It took me a while to work out the best way of closing the gap at the top. There are lots of DIY tips – twist ties at the top seam, tape, a folded moistened tissue, a layer of nylon stocking for a snug fit.

Blurred vision banished, the mask sparked a new attention to the spatial dimension of the Covid-19 virus. It began as a binary mask-on, mask-off grading of situations, then a questioning of what sorts of

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