Clare Balding says coronavirus crisis will make us ‘appreciate things more’ and teach us to ‘live in a different way’ when it’s all over
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Clare Balding thinks the coronavirus crisis will make us ‘appreciate things’ more, and expressed her hope that we will have ‘learned to live in a different way’ following the pandemic.
The broadcaster, 49, from Hampshire, appeared on Lorraine today where she spoke of the worsening crisis, and insisted that it will make people ‘treasure’ community gatherings, after events such as Glastonbury and the Chelsea Flower Show were cancelled.
Clare also spoke about the Riding for the Disabled Association, a charity she has been patron of for 10 years and called the RDA, ‘another victim of the crisis’.
Clare Balding (pictured) appeared on Lorraine where she told the coronavirus crisis will make us ‘appreciate things’ more
Clare insisted that it will make people ‘treasure’ community gatherings, after events such as Glastonbury and Chelsea Flower Show were cancelled. She is pictured on the Channel 4 set at Crufts
She said: ‘This is true across the world, everyone is keeping going as best they can – but doesn’t it make you treasure those small community groups?
‘For sports fans, the Grand National, boat race, Masters, French Open – all gone. All the wonderful things like Glastonbury and Chelsea Flower Show.
‘And I really believe we have to treasure these things and say, aren’t they special? Isn’t shared experience special?
‘There are lots of ways we will learn to live when we come through it, good habits we should maintain.’
She appeared on the show to promote her new children’s book ‘The Racehorse Who Learned To Dance’
She appeared on the show to promote her new children’s book ‘The Racehorse Who Learned To Dance’, which was released today and teased that it was the perfect time to release a novel because ‘everyone will be reading’.
‘What a day to have a paperback publication,’ said Clare. ‘Maybe everyone will be reading. It’s about being brave, it’s strangely topical’.
The presenter, who hosted this year’s Crufts competition, went on to speak about her 15-year-old dog Archie, and revealed that she and Jennifer Saunders met up to walk their pets together, after the Absolutely Fabulous star’s recent play was cancelled due to the virus.
Clare also spoke about the Riding for the Disabled Association, a charity she has been patron of for 10 years and called the RDA, ‘another victim of the crisis’
‘Archie was 15 on Sunday, we recorded the kids singing happy birthday to him,’ she said.
Speaking of walking with Jennifer, she said: ‘Seeing other people who are walking their dogs and from a distance waving and chatting.
‘We went for a walk on Hampstead Heath on Monday, Jennifer was appearing in Blithe Spirits but it was cancelled.
‘Olive is gorgeous, you get a very different conversation and it’s about love and what makes you feel that sense of responsibility’.
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