• DAME

Joan Bakewell says her hopes have been dashed by the decision to delay second doses of the vaccine so that more people can be inoculated. ‘I let my mind conjure visions of a restaurant table, a tempting menu, a glass of wine,’ she complains.

I understand her disappointment. But until more of the population has some kind of immunity, there will be no restaurants and no tempting menus for anyone. Sorry if that spoils your plans, Dame Joan. But we all have to make sacrifices sometimes.