Oh my goodness, if there were enough hours in the day, we could all be thoroughly entertained, re-educated and skilled up by the time the lockdown is over.
Never before has there been so many (online) opportunities to watch and learn, that cost you absolutely nothing.
I am sure many of you have already picked up on some of these mind-boggling offers, but in case you haven’t we thought it worth collating a few of them.
FREE THEATRE, MUSICALS & OPERA
National Theatre at home on Thursday nights
Royal Opera House on Fridays
The Show Must go on Musicals from Stage to Screen (including Andrew Lloyd Webber)
Sadler’s Wells Theatre Free dance performances & workshops
FREE LANGUAGE COURSES
Duolingo Multiple free language courses
Open Culture 48 languages to choose from
BBC Languages Resources for language learning
Learn 10 useful things to say in…
FREE HISTORY CHANNEL
History Channel 30 day free trial of Dan Snow’s Channel
FREE (VIRTUAL) TRAVEL
Famous landmarks Take a virual tour
FREE UNIVERSITY COURSES
600 free courses from 190 Universities
Open Culture 1,500 free courses from top Universities
FREE EXERCISE WORKOUTS
Joe Wicks 30 minute workout 9am weekdays
Move the Masses 10 minute fun workout 1pm weekdays
Davina McCall Workouts (Free for a month)
10 of the best online workouts Yoga? Crossfit? You choose.
Yoga for Anxiety 20 minutes by Adriene
FREE MEDITATION
FREE PODCASTS
Recommended Podcasts for free
FREE MUSEUMS
Museums from around the world Virtual, online tours
Top Ten Virtual museum tours
FREE PUB QUIZ
London Pubs offering their quiz online
FREE BOOKS (AUDIBLE)
Children’s books 1000s to listen to
FREE GUITAR LESSONS
Free lessons with Fender for three months
FREE GARDENING ADVICE
Grow your own vegetables A handy how-to
FREE ZOOS
Longleat Animal Park Virtual safari
The Edinburgh Zoo Animal cams
Aquarium web cams Get up close and personal
Chester Zoo virtual tour
FREE ART
The National Portrait Gallery 360 degree virtual galleries
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art Met 360 Project
FREE FRIENDS
Quarantine App Connect with isolated people around the world
