At 11.00 pm on January 31, as the UK left the EU, Nigel Farage broke into a lusty rendition of ‘God Save The Queen’ in Parliament Square before a raucous celebratory crowd of Brexit supporters. It was later confirmed that Covid-19 had finally reached the UK, Spain and Italy that same day. Ironically the UK’s twin defining movements had moved centre-stage, synchronously. Months later, they are still there facing each other down. Historians often underestimate the importance of the frequently forgotten player on the historical stage – Mother Nature. These mornings, as Boris Johnson recovers, and Westminster’s streets lie empty,…

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