Rev Lev’s Ramblings: The podcast of Rev Steve Levett

The British War on Covid-19 : A very very rough first draft. Episode 6: The Christian Church during the Covid-19 crisis: Missing from action?

Matthew Parris accused ‘The Church’ of having a bad time of it during the Covid crisis, its leaders being spineless and the church being noticeable by it’s absence. But was this really the case?

The history of the British war on Covid-19: A very very rough first draft. Episode 5: The post-war period.

One day the war on Covid-19 may be a thing of the past. There is talk of a new normal. But what will the contours of that new world look like?

The history of the British war on Covid-19: A very very rough first draft. Episode 4: Propoganda

Stay home. Protect the NHS. Save Lives. The messaging during Covid-19 couldn’t have been clearer. Messaging in war time is important, but does that mean we should unquestioningly accept everything that we are told?

The history of the British war on Covid-19: A very very rough first draft. Episode 3: The war on the Home Front

In the war on Covid-19 most people did not serve on the frontline but stayed at home, sometimes literally. What did they do? How did they fare? As in most wars the experience on the home front varied.

The history of the British war on Covid-19: A very very rough first draft. Episode 2: The Frontline

In this episode we explore the experience of those in the frontline of the war on Covid-19 and ask the question: will we remember them?

The History of the British war on Covid-19: A very very rough first draft. Episode 1: An unexpected war?

On New Years Eve 2019 nobody had heard of Covid-19. But we soon would and it was coming. Could we have been better prepared for the war against it?

The History of the British War on Covid-19: A very very rough first draft. Introduction

The response to the Covid-19 virus crisis is often described in terms of war. Using this language and analogy and drawing on some of the history of World Wars 2 and 1 in six episodes Steve Levett, as one living and speaking in the midst of this unfolding story, explores his own take on The History of the British War on Covid-19: A very very rough first draft.