You will all know the feeling of a day going pear-shaped! We can make all the plans we want but sometimes, a phone call, email, letter or text can completely scupper our plans and, instead, we find ourselves muddling through the day.

You may well have been deeply disturbed by the news this week — not about Covid this time! On Monday the UN Panel on Climate Change issued its starkest warning yet about the drastic effects of global heating and the urgent need for all countries to rapidly reduce their inputs of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. We are already seeing these effects on our TV screen as fires ravage Greece and floods increase around the world.