RICHARD CLARKE

AKA The Grumbler

Unlike this August’s publication, not everything or everyone can return from a period away with all the familiar facets of their character intact.
Many of us know someone who emerged from the Covid lockdown as a pale shadow of the person who entered it. In truth, some have not really returned at all.
I am no lockdown sceptic but should the world be hit by a similar infection in the years to come, we must weigh up the downside of prolonged isolation against our fear of the disease itself.
If there is one positive that has come from the horror of Covid it ...