Terry Prone: Those who revolt never do it when conditions are at their worst

The electronic alerts of death speed up, spurred by the new virus variant and closing down of London, writes Terry Prone

18/12/2020 Covid-19 Pandemic (Coronavirus), Ireland. Day 268 since start of lockdown. Day 18. Pictured People Christmas shopping and enjoying the atmosphere of Dublin City Center. Photo: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie

Day 75

A couple ring and offer to drop around for coffee. Lovely long-term friends with whom I have shared joys, sorrows, setbacks and delights over a couple of decades. We form a triangular cats’ cradle, so we do, this couple and me. Links from finger to finger, pulling tighter through the years.