Credit: Wallpaper.com Things are beginning to happen out there in the natural world. Things that make me feel even more happy than usual! Because the trees are covered in blossom. Our local woodpigeon is busy building her nest in a thicket of buddleia. And best of all, the swallows have returned and are energetically darting backwards and forwards across our garden. Now, of course, I’m a domesticated bird so I don’t go through all of the bother of migrating. But I really take

Today, like every day that has ever gone before, countless heroic stories are being played out around the world. And perhaps humans are...