Mike Hale: A year of two halves

With the first doors on advent calendars now open, the countdown to Christmas is truly upon us. In the Optician office that means the editorial team are combing through 2024’s biggest optical stories for a review that will run in the final issue of the year (December 20 in case you are wondering). It is always interesting to look back on the year in optics and, this time out, it struck me that 2024 could meaningfully be described as a year of two halves.  

The earlier part of the year was dominated by the run up to the UK general election, which, neatly for the purposes of this column, was held just after the midpoint of the year on July 4.