London | Paradoxically, living through a pandemic lockdown is both isolating yet also a deeply shared experience.

Most lockdown veterans enjoy sharing memes and memories of the Zoom fiascos (“you’re still on mute, Graham”); the desperate exercise remedies; the new hobbies; the home-schooling horrors; or the masks (finding one you can live with; frowning at others who don’t seem to think their nostrils are part of their face).