Lockdown Update Day 142

Coming up: the most extraordinary thread I’ve ever written. On how we blew over £150m and Andrew Mills (a Government adviser) seems to have made a fortune.

But let’s start with introductions. THREAD /1

— Jo Maugham QC (@JolyonMaugham) August 6, 2020

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NY Times: The Mask Slackers of 1918
As the influenza pandemic swept across the United States in 1918 and 1919, masks took a role in political and cultural wars.

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And finally: Nigerian artist Chiamonwu Joy, known for her hyperrealist artworks in charcoal (x)