2021 was the year that was entirely lived under the shadow of Covid, but it still traversed a range of extremes, from the long winter lockdown through the gradual releasing of restrictions, the tentative first steps into freedom, the summer of near-normality, and now, as we near the year’s end, we find ourselves with reintroductions of cautions such as mask-wearing and working from home in order to enable us to continue living our lives. Surely a year of contrasts, if ever th