Coronavirus quarantine: 15 ways to make the most of time

Use the lockdown to learn a new skill, improve your life and relationships - or just unwind

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With communities worldwide in lockdown as the new coronavirus spreads, countless people may be struggling to pass the time.

Non-stop Netflix marathons may sound like a good solution, but there are plenty of more productive ways to spend those days in quarantine. Here are 15 ideas.

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  Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude. He was a columnist for The Big Issue and landed a world exclusive with David Beckham that became the weekly magazine’s bestselling issue. He now writes regularly for The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent, Metro, FourFourTwo and the i new site. He is also the author of a number of non-fiction books.