MY REPORT this month from the happiness frontline is … bumpy. One minute we are joyfully putting up the bunting in readiness for Freedom Day. The next we are sadly packing it away, a crumpled, multicoloured heap banished to the attic.
To continue the fairground analogy, it feels like we are on a relentless Ferris wheel of emotions. Now up! Now down! Now free! Now locked down!

How can any of us remain calm and steady as we ride this emotional roller coaster? Well, I think I have the answer – and it means swapping the fairground for a boat. Let me explain.