Walking through Greenwich Park during the partial eclipse, London, UK, just after 7pm on 12th August 2026 – by Eleanor McDowall

“It felt genuinely moving seeing this park fill with people gathering to see the changing light. Unified by the same stupid Instagram algorithm, the park was awash with people staring intently into colanders, pushing their faces up against cereal packets and old CD jewel cases, or just wearing large boxes on their heads. It might have been my imagination but as the light grew eerily dark,…