get together

For years, neighbors would hold weekly get-togethers, at first on burned-out lots and later at housewarming parties.

Speaking at a fringe event at the Lib Dems' autumn get-together in Bournemouth, Mr Robinson, who has previously sold two real estate companies, likened his campaign group to "turkeys that will vote for Christmas".

It provides one-to-one support by a perinatal support worker, counselling, talking therapy and peer-to-peer support through workshops and get-togethers.

The book chronicling their investigation grew out of another pandemic dynamic: socially distanced get-togethers with pals.

The islanders had just celebrated their annual Papay Fun Weekend, which sees a large increase in its normal population of approximately 90 people for an annual get-together.