Lockdown cancer “timebomb” revealed, and is To Kill a Mockingbird still relevant after 60 years?

<p>The Evening Standard's revealed how thousands of Londoners are missing urgent checks for cancer as the full impact of the coronavirus lockdown emerges. Those&nbsp;seeking a two-week hospital referral from their GP fell by almost 18,000 in May — 53 per cent lower than the same month last year, and worse than the rest of the country.&nbsp;The number of Londoners starting life-saving or life-extending treatment also fell by about 1,000 — 35 per cent lower than last year. Health editor Ross Lydall tells us how health campaigners fear c<a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/london-lockdown-cancer-timebomb-coronavirus-a4494671.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ancer has become "the forgotten C" </a>during the Covid-19 pandemic.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>And, Harper Lee's classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird is turning 60, but is the race relations story told through the eyes of young white girl still relevant in a Black Lives Matter world? We speak to best-selling author <a href="https://lauren-wilkinson.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lauren Wilkinson</a>, whose novel American Spy, about a black female FBI&nbsp;agent in a white male dominated field, was named by Barack Obama as one of the best of last year.&nbsp;</p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>