COVID-19 IN 2020

John Mather


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North West
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Hobby
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Paid: 30
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Updated:
15th May 2021
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2020 will forever be associated with the start of the Covid-19 virus pandemic.

John Mather has created a unique record of this extraordinary but tragic year by producing a graphic book that charts the year's key events in over 230 hand drawn illustrations.

These include the difficult challenges; the resilience of the NHS and the prospect of vaccines offering hope for the future.

John wants to explain why he he wanted to carry out this project and also describe the undoubted challenges of trying to publish a book during lockdown

£2.00 from the sale of every copy of the book will be donated to NHS Charities Together (registered charity number 1186569)

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About John Mather

John Mather graduated from Bristol University in 1976 and is a retired Chartered Civil Engineer, having spent a 41 year career in the construction and maintenance of highways & bridges. John is passionate about swimming and has swum in many lakes and rivers in Europe and further abroad. As well as nearly being arrested by the Turkish navy when swimming in the River Bosporus and dodging Komodo dragons in Indonesia, his coldest swim was in Siberia's Lake Baikal! He has written two books about swimming. These are entitled: • “A Pictorial Guide to Greater Manchester’s Public Swimming Pools” (ISBN: 978-1-291-117890-5) Published by Rossendale Books 2012 • “Challenging Waters: The Diary of a Lake District Swimmer” (ISBN: 978-0-9955990-0-0). Published by Sublime Swimming Press on the 28th February 2018

As well as volunteering for the Lake District National Park Authority and occasionally helping out on archaeological excavations, his other interests include art and the history of both civil engineering and the First World War.


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