Shooting Times & Country

Finding order in the chaos

WELL, SINCE I WROTE my last column in February, it seems the entire world has fallen apart a little bit. You think you’ve got all the pieces on the board, then a tiny little virus from the other side of the planet enters the game.

It is incredibly difficult right now to gauge which way things will go over the next year and onwards from there. COVID-19 — I know, we’re all sick of hearing about it — has given everything a very thorough shakeup and the traditional rhythms and patterns of years gone by have been well and truly disrupted.

As well

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