In the past few weeks, Greg, a friend of mine, has had as his standard joke when greeting me, what I am going to write about now a pandemic has shut down sport and the world. His reasoning is that if there is no sport there is nothing to write about.

Which is like saying that if there are no clouds there is no weather to write about. I know journalists who cannot write without press conferences or quotes; and there are many of them I admire and realise how utterly vital their role is in getting us news...

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