The Queen spoke tonight, and what a galvanising presence she exuded. A quite extraordinary woman…

What a cracking effort by Cora today, turning the kitchen into a pumping ‘Corona Club’ nightclub!!

Dad was very much in my thoughts today. Given the struggles he had in his last few years, I found it strangely reassuring that he managed to avoid all this madness…

Had a real bout of sorrow for the children today – must be even more unnerving for them. Not very nice at all for them to be stuck inside for so long –…

Every day the number of deaths goes up- and the speed of the increase is getting bigger and bigger every day. Still, nothing seems to stop Trump – what a shameful, shameful person…

I’ve been really impressed by how quickly the likes of Skype and Zoom have progressed video communication technology. This type of communication was always going to be with us soon, but the lockdown…

The weirdness and seriousness gets worse every day. They are now turning the Excel Centre, G-Mex, etc into temporary hospitals to cope with the potential masses of people needing treatment. They’re called ‘Nightingale…

This is very odd. We have to keep washing our hands, wearing a mask, etc, but no-one seems to know for certain if they’ve actually had it or not. Very odd indeed…

Some hard-hitting news today – latest prediction is that we’ll do well if only 20,000 people die. That. Is. A. Very. Big. Number…

Blimey, this virus isn’t taking any prisoners – it’s sweeping through the cabinet now. Pretty shocking news…