The Oldie

Anything Goes for me and my chums

In my neck of the woods, it’s back to normal. How’s it with you?

On the bus and the London Underground, I am still wearing a mask, but other than that, everything is much as it was before the pandemic struck – except that my office-worker friends really don’t want to return to their offices for more than two days a week and I am suddenly conscious of how very expensive it is to eat out.

I am going to the theatre It is running until the end of October; even if you have to come down from Aberdeen or fly in from Antrim, go, go, go. It’s that good.

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