The first time I felt ashamed for not having a boyfriend

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I usually spend quite a lot of time thinking about what the newsletter will be about during the week before settling on a couple of options and then I see what feels right on the day. I’ve had a few things in mind for today’s newsletter but just as happened before when Caroline Flack died, I am finding it difficult to concentrate on those topics. The problem is I am totally livid about the news about Dominic Cummings. 

Anyway, I don’t want to get too much into politics and the news but I felt like I had to mention it because I can’t stop thinking about it. The main reason I’m angry is because I am thinking of all the really painful sacrifices people have made during this pandemic.

I am thinking of the reader of this newsletter who was unable to visit her dad before he died and could not see friends and family for comfort afterwards. I am thinking of the single mothers, who read this newsletter, who were terrified at the thought of getting ill and not being able to look after their chil…