Richard Morrison

Covid has been a spur to ingenuity in the music world, as well as the cause of much despair and hardship. For one column, then, I want to celebrate our pandemic heroes: those who, despite everything, kept the show running in some form or other through sheer resolve and resourcefulness.

You might say that after this traumatic hiatus we should be looking forward, not backwards. True, but the experience of the past 18 months