The Saga of the Shoes will tell it all. It will be the stuff of legend when the Story of Lockdown is recollected in tranquility. Fairytale too, given the rich symbolism of shoes, with their ability to transport and transform. Like Cinderella or the Wizard of Oz, this tale has dark undercurrents. Because the Shoes Saga more than anything else shows how a whole society became dependent and subservient. A time when adults, like children traditionally, were seen and not heard. Silenced, timid – in other words, infantilised.Non-essential retail has been closed for over two hundred days out of this last year.…

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