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As we enter Day 49 of lockdown we bring you the best distractions from your probably heavy week of zoom meetings, slack conversations and email chains.

Comedienne Julie Nolke speaks with her pre-pandemic self in this hilarious sketch. What would you say to your self if you had the chance?

A chance to get away from the screen (Ok, we’re cheating a bit here, but it is technically a listening suggestion). Pudding Cool challenges how well we recognize historic hits in this project is inspired by a YouTube trend where Gen Z’ers film themselves listening to Queen, The Beatles, and Led Zeppelin for, astonishingly, the first time. How well do you know your music?

Back on screen, if you’ve overdosed on Netflix/Prime, saturated your brain through countless hours of reading, how about a little Murder Mystery Game. Fever Up runs an online murder mystery for just a £10.

Creative Mornings is an open space to connect with like-minded creative individuals. They used to run in person meets, which are clearly illegal now, but you can still join their virtual meets ups. With fascinating talks, sign up to their monthly newsletter to do something different.

Finally The New Humanitarian tries to remind the global community that while the world scrambles to contain Covid-19, let us not forget or neglect the other diseases and disasters affecting the world

Bonus — just because we’re in lockdown doesn’t mean you can get away from the office group card. Here is a way to do it digitally https://wegotchu.cards/.

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