‘We are now entering week six of coughs, colds and mystery viruses’

There are few moments in life where I think to myself, ‘God Shakespeare was really onto something’. I’ve yet to be serenaded from a balcony in Verona or go on trial for not paying my pal his pound of flesh. And yet, now and then, I think, ‘You know, he really knew how to capture a mood.’ Take Romeo and Juliet for example. And no, I’m not here today to talk about the play’s central...