Colin Sheridan: Suddenly, from nowhere, a singer and a song cut through the despair

Broken by the horrors beamed onto my phone, that feeling was unexpectedly upended by a clip of Glynis Johns looking directly into camera and singing a song I knew but couldn't place...

Colin Sheridan writes that he cannot fathom why, but an old video clip of Glynis Johns performing Stephen Sondheim's 'Send in The Clowns' seemed to hint at the promise of a better tomorrow. 

Isn't it rich?

Are we a pair?