I remember 20 May 2020. It was the day I buried my sister

I remember well what I was doing on the evening of 20 May 2020, when more than 100 people were invited to a BYOB party in the prime minister’s garden, “to make the most of the lovely weather”.

- Rory Kinnear

While they recovered from an “exceptionally busy period” with, it might be presumed, laughter, companionship, and their own bottles of wine, I was at my house. Like them, I, too, had a glass of wine, although I had drunk it by myself. I had then gone for a short walk where I had bumped into a friend out on his “daily permitted exercise”. We spoke a little, at a distance of more than two meters. He offered his condolences. I thanked him and returned home, alone; 20 May 2020 was the day I buried my sister.