But that solidarity did work the other way too – it was quite difficult, as all my family wanted and needed to be near me.
The understated but atmospheric soundtrack is from Scottish rock band Mogwai, whose founding member, Dominic Aitchison, tells me that: "We tried to create an eerie tone without being cheesy, which is quite difficult, as we discovered".
We have to have a more optimistic outlook on humanity and I think it's quite difficult as a liberal in the Tory party to have that, given the views of some of their colleagues.
I think it's quite difficult as a member of the public to get at the Guardian to ask questions – you either have to do it online or you can't get them by phone.
This task is quite difficult as the data are not always consistent and complete and furthermore, they contain errors.
Upson added: "We've got to have a real bite about our play, which at this stage of the season is quite difficult as there are some tired legs and we've played a lot of games.
Although the concept of quality of life has been in the development discourse for some time now, measuring it in a city is quite difficult as the aspects to be measured are still questionable.
This is a consequence of the fact that this kind of research works are quite difficult, as a consequence of the material characteristics itself: mechanical properties variability, low availability of material, uncertainty about the "history" of the tested material, unknown original mechanical properties.
As Doctor Who marks its 50th anniversary, Mr Hodgson, who now lives on the Norfolk Broads, remembers: "It was quite difficult as everybody knew rockets went 'bang, whoosh' - but what does a time machine do?" "It doesn't go up, it doesn't go down, it goes everywhere at once.
