The news has been so relentlessly depressing this week I don't think I can even bring myself to do my usual vaguely topical or observational intro into the review. My satirical neurotransmitters have been deadened, finally beaten by the miasma of incompetence that hangs over Whitehall. Even the return of my favourite comedy EastEnders, and Sharon pouting in a series of different rooms in chiffon tops that gets floatier and fussier with every scene, can't cheer me. So let's press on with the show and see which two members of the...

What I have 'enjoyed' most about the deathless debate around returning to offices is the wilful ignorance by both the people trying to encourage us to hot-desk with death, and the people trying to avoid it, is that lots and lots of people have been back at work for a long time – indeed some people never stopped going. Buses haven't driven themselves, supermarkets didn't operate on a 'help yourself' policy and lots of people have simply had to carry on going to work in unsuitable conditions, because that is...