The Gift, The Ghoul and The Grotto...

...which 2020 did you have?

Dear You,

Here’s something curious — have you noticed that there are two distinct ideas of 2020 floating around?

The first goes a bit like this: ‘What a wonderful gift the pandemic was, if we could only see it! 2020 was a turning point, a chance to collectively dream a new world into being. It was painful, yes, but the pain was the birth pangs of a better…