Simon Jones: Simply red

As I write this, England has been placed in its third lockdown in less than a year. It feels different from November’s lockdown, which at the very least, had an expected end date and the idea of ‘Christmas bubbles’ to look forward to – and we know what happened there.

Currently, the touted date for any easing of restrictions is the end of March, but that relies on a number of variables, such as a successful vaccine rollout and wind blowing in the right direction. It’s a depressing outlook for the short term and one that is sure to cause anxiety within the profession.