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[email protected] | W: www.pglaw.co.uk Chelsea Advert.indd 1 04/01/2017 12:08 8135_PG_Chelsea Society_AD 210x148.5_FINAL.indd 1 14/02/2018 10:11 THE CHELSEA SOCIETY ANNUAL Report 2020 3 EDITOR’S FOREWORD In March 2020, the government imposed the first national Lockdown in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Enjoying some of the finest Spring and Summer weather in living memory, Chelsea residents took to local open spaces – which were celebrated in last year’s Annual Report. Throughout the Winter of 2020 and into the new year, the Lockdown was still with us. As Covid-19 became Covid-21, the novelty had gone, replaced by anxiety for many and ennui for others. Home schooling, working from home, stay home... We retreated indoors, into isolation and perhaps into ourselves. A great consolation in these strange times was music. Scientific studies, including in intensive care units, are busy confirming what we all know instinctively; that music has a transformative effect on mood. And it’s not just Bach concertos; it seems that even heavy metal – allowing listeners to help process negative feelings such as anger – can help with long term well-being.