My whole family is falling about laughing, but I’m not feeling the joke. I’ve just sold my rather lovely bag worth £50 on eBay for a miserable 99p, and to make matters worse — or better, to everyone else — the parcel is too big to qualify for the agreed postage costs, so I’ve actually had to pay to sell my bag. When my eight-year-old daughter collapses into giggles after affectionately prodding my new lockdown tummy, all it does is bring out my ever-ready cat’s-arse face. We know that losing your sense of smell is a symptom of Covid-19, but who knew losing your sense of humour would be too?
“If we humans are feeling uncomfortable, you can’t make us laugh,” says Professor Sophie Scott,