I didn’t actually think I would go abroad this year, and had all sorts of convoluted feelings about doing so but, as is evident, wanderlust won out. We decided on Malta after a painfully long decision process in which our excitement at planning a trip was challenged somewhat by the panic-inducing amount of choice suddenly on offer. We could go almost anywhere!

Uh, so yeah, it's actually happened. Pubs, bars, cafés, restaurants…they've all opened up, albeit outside only. The family WhatsApp with the in-laws is peppered with photos of long awaited nights out: dinners at 4pm (because you gotta be quick if you want a reservation at a normal hour), after work pints and trips to countryside cottages.

Since I’m the person who gives friends advice on what book to read next - whether they ask or not - and the suggestions are usually very much enjoyed, I feel perfectly suited to put together a bookish gift guide for you and yours.

Lockdown. Boozing. Clap for the NHS. Netflix. Barely suppressed anxiety. Relax lockdown. Eat Out to Help Out. Rising Cases. Rule of Six. Lockdown. Trying to go alcohol-free. Working out. Netflix. No-one suppressing their anxiety anymore.

This, it has to be said, hasn’t been a solid year for career highs. Or highs in general really. We all know that.

I hate to admit it but I’m a sucker for all the cutesy merch that’s generally created nowadays around a movement. Whether it’s feminism, veganism or literature I’m constantly having to stop myself from being wooed into buying some tokenistic symbol that apparently represents my belief system.

If there’s something I’m wary of it’s a book being built up a lot before I read it because I suffer from this combination of extreme excitement and very high expectations.

Guys this book! Whew. OK so, backstory. I’ve read no Joseph Heller at all before this but my husband has read Good as Gold, Closing Time and Catch-22, all of which he enjoyed. So he bought this during our mega pre-Honeymoon Waterstones shopping trip.

A couple of weeks ago, before we could officially no longer leave our houses but when things were already starting to ramp up, I decided to honour one final appointment. I met with Nick and Ace at UCL where we recorded an episode of their podcast In Our Heads.

While Spain is on military shut down and Macron has given all French citizens a financial safety net, the advice in the UK is a little less clear cut

Well here we are, finding ourselves in the middle of an unprecedented quarantine period not even three months into 2020.