I seem to have spent the entire period between 2013 and last Monday without reading a single word about Pope Francis, who has just died.

I’ve been busy. In 2014 my editorship of Business Day ended. Then I was given a grand title and a column. Then I had to retire. I learnt to ride a motorbike and sold my last one when we left Joburg. Then it was Covid-19, and now we’ve just lost our ridgebacks and we’re building a new house. ..

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