Caroline O'Donoghue: 'Last week Gavin got coronavirus and we’re stuck inside'

"It sounds mad, but for the first time since the pandemic hit, I feel like there’s a gulf between us."

Caroline O'Donoghue in London. Picture: Andrew Dunsmore.

About a month ago, Gavin and I went Out Out for the first time since February 2019.

Things have opened up again here, and things felt normal for an evening. As we picked up our cocktails, packed with egg whites and cardamom reductions and all the other things we could never get at home, we called for a toast.