We Know The Virus Is Here ….

[naomi24]

… but why do we have to be constantly bombarded with references to it on so many television programmes? I tried to watch Grayson Perry’s art programme - a bit of light relief I thought - but after several references to ‘lockdown’ within the first minutes, I switched it off. I want to be entertained - not to be continually reminded that we’re living through horrible times. I know that.

[Mamyalynne]

The programme was conceived to do precisely that, show how people are using art to get through this time, some have discovered art and some have rekindled their love for it. I find it very thought provoking and there is always light and shade within it.

Love the whole thing.

[Canary42]

///not to be continually reminded that we’re living through horrible times.///

Yet you continue to post on here about it !

[Old_Geezer]

Darned papers are full of it too.
Still, I suppose it makes a change from that Windsor family.

[jno]

OG, but surely there are still opportunities to squeeze in something about Brexit?

[Old_Geezer]

Hopefully.

[naomi24]

Canary, when I'm posting on here I'm not watching television and hoping to be entertained by it.

[woofgang]

Got to say I avoid programs about the lockdown and the virus too.

[Spicerack]

Maybe, canary. But I think we should be able to escape it when we want to.

[aelmpvw]

i've stopped listening to the five am news on the tv, there's only one subject

[margarettom]

I escape it by almost never watching telly, except old drama series and watching DVDs.

[naomi24]

I call BBC News at six 'Misery Hour'. I now tend to watch the headlines and then switch off.

[Vagus]

Maybe because last nights artworks were ‘a view from my window’, it was more relevant to lockdown while we’re all shut up in our houses and therefore mentioned more?
I love the programme and honestly didn’t really notice the lockdown references. I just love the diverse ways people interpret the theme each week. And Graysons attitude to art, it’s very refreshing.
Maybe give it another go Naomi, you might feel differently next week.

[Mamyalynne]

It's also worth it just to see how the latest incarnation of the beloved 'Alan Measles' is coming along.

https://www.1843magazine.com/design/my-life-in-six-objects/grayson-perry-the-teddy-bear-that-is-like-a-god-to-me

[sandyRoe]

There are a lot of people about who act as though they don't know it's about. Reminding them can do no harm.
Then again, they're hardly the type to be watching art programmes.

[DarceyK123]

It's the Ads that crop up on every Ad break that really get me, that meamx we are reminded every 15 mins, Grrr.

As you say, everyone in the whole world knows about, it has truly taken over from Brexit.

[tomus42]

It's a big thing that's going on at the moment that's affecting everyone's lives. It would be a bit strange if they didn't mention it.

[andy-hughes]

I also avoid all TV news, and anything to do with the virus.

I skip past the stories in the paper, and try as hard as I can to live without it intruding any more than it already does.

[horselady]

I completely agree Naomi, I'm normally a very upbeat person but even I am beginning to feel a bit depressed and fed up now, very unlike me, I'm always the one that keeps everyone else cheerful. I can listen to Ken Bruce on Radio 2 but that's about it, once Misery Vine comes on, then Steve Wright never shuts up about it, it's too much. As you say, we need entertaining.

[AuntPollyGrey]

Naomi it would be worth revisiting Grayson Perry's episode on 'view from my window'. It evolved into a programme very different from just 'oh dear I'm stuck at home doing art'. It was very thought provoking.

[Hopkirk]

Thank God for Homes Under The Hammer