How, and why, everything changes in a single week

The sports editor has an interesting habit of framing questions to me in the context of ‘marks out of 10’. So, when he texted me to ask ‘accuracy marks out of 10 for that L’Equipe story’, I gave it a three.

UNITED IN GRIEF: Mourners pay their respects to the victims of last Friday’s attacks on two mosques in Christchurch. Fifty people were killed while dozens are still injured in hospital after a gunman opened fire. The attack is the worst mass shooting in New Zealand’s history. Picture: Getty Images.