Cast your mind back to the very first lockdown, which simultaneously feels like it was a lifetime ago, and only last week. The BBC Three adaptation of Sally Rooney’s novel Normal People was a saving grace for many of us during that first month of restricted living. We became emotionally attached to Marianne and Connell’s young love story, as well as developing an intense obsession with Connell’s silver chain.
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Oh dear. I don’t know why I did this, rashly, the evening of 29 February. Leap Day. I took a leap. Maybe because I have a completion date on the vicarage looming and I need help, someone to share it with, and who is willing to change light bulbs*, heave boxes and dog-sit. Cook.