Suzanne Harrington: It would be easier to get to Papa New Guinea than from Brighton to Cork

"I've to travel with a budget airline that allows a carry-on bag the size of a pencil case, or pay the equivalent of another seat to bring a change of clothes. Pencil case it is then. I can just wear all my clothes on top of each other."

A document appears in my inbox titled ‘How To Avoid A Heart Attack At An Airport’. It has been compiled not by a government or airline or publicly funded body, but by a kindly family member recently back from Spain.

In contrast with the barrage of emails from a budget airline shouting at me daily in red underline about my forthcoming flight, it is considerably more coherent. Yet heart attack potential remains significant. Why would anyone travel in 2021, even as pandemic panic eases in some parts of the world?