I love Halloween, the most Irish of festivals

I’VE been most unhappy about the unseasonably warm weather this October — thank you, climate change, writes Louise O’Neill.

Autumn is usually such a delight. The leaves turning rust and gold, falling gently, and crunched underfoot, while the evenings draw closer. Roaring fires and electric blankets and hot chocolate and scarves and new ankle boots and coats.

God, I love a good coat. I’ve already bought my 2018 one, a mint green affair with three quarter length sleeves. It’s completely impractical, but that’s the joy of an autumn coat. It doesn’t need to be practical, it only needs to look cool in Instagram photos while you kick piles of leaves while holding a pumpkin spice latte.