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Hand-washing, having disinfectant gel at the ready, keeping your distance, and feeling anxiety: they’ve all been familiar aspects of daily life since the start of the global pandemic. And as it did for most people, lockdown radically changed family life for director and multimedia artist Victoria Mapplebeck and her 17-year-old son Jim. Hand-washing, having disinfectant gel at the ready, keeping your distance, and feeling anxiety: they’ve all been familiar aspects of daily life since the start of the global pandemic. And as it did for most people, lockdown radically changed family life for director and multimedia artist Victoria Mapplebeck and her 17-year-old son Jim. Hand-washing, having disinfectant gel at the ready, keeping your distance, and feeling anxiety: they’ve all been familiar aspects of daily life since the start of the global pandemic. And as it did for most people, lockdown radically changed family life for director and multimedia artist Victoria Mapplebeck and her 17-year-old son Jim. Hand-washing, having disinfectant gel at the ready, keeping your distance, and feeling anxiety: they’ve all been familiar aspects of daily life since the start of the global pandemic. And as it did for most people, lockdown radically changed family life for director and multimedia artist Victoria Mapplebeck and her 17-year-old son Jim.