Quarantine and how to deal with it
Friday 1 May 2020 – 10am Thousands of readers have asked me how best to deal with the longeurs of quarantine. Below, I set out what I have found useful. 1) This is a priceless opportunity to get to know your family better. Throw yourself into family arguments with real vigour. For once, people cannot storm out, and have to face the righteousness of truths uttered with authority. 2) Make yourself available and improve those intimate personal relationships. No hiding in the shed. Challenge yourself to spend over five minutes with your spouse without a) looking at your mobile phone or b) deciding now is the time to fix that intermittently leaky valve on the cold water tank. 3) Change your life for the better. As a matter or urgency decide on which sex you want to be and lay plans for the operation(s) which you will have done as soon as all this is over. The great thing about living in our times is that you know that your wife will be overjoyed and totally supportive of your decisi...