Introducing The Winchester Tavern; an antidote to isolation and open all hours to anyone
I’ve worked from home on and off for the best part of 20 years. It’s been a feature of almost every working week. But after just five days of isolation I was going stir crazy. I was missing the buzz of the office. From pinging ideas about to catching up with people while having a brew there was a big hole in working life. Working from home has always worked for me because I’ve had good messaging apps on the desktop, and tools like Teams or Skype. I’ve been able to get my head down on the big pieces of work that required a day away from the office, but by using a mix of apps I’ve still been available to talk when needed. But I realised pretty soon into isolation, I need the social interaction to make working life work for me. And I’m pretty sure just about everyone else feels this way too. So, last week I used the tech I use at work to set up my very own virtual pub. It’s called The Winchester Tavern. It has 12 tables and on launch all of them were occupied with friends and family. We’ve gone on to run...
