It's been all of nine days since my last missive to you. Things must be really out of control for me to be so verbose!

Actually, things  - whilst not totally controlled - seem to be slightly more settled than they were just over a

Try as I might, I find it impossible to block out That Wuhan Thing. 24/7 news media - incandescent with rage after the UK left the EU on 31st January with no resulting thermodynamic nuclear reaction; apoplectic that Trump's US economy goes from strength to strength - now has something to get its teeth into. Or rather, it