Reactions to the COVID-19 lockdown are mixed, among individuals and within the same person. 

For some, it is an interval of great financial concern, anxiety and trauma. 

For others — or for all of us occasionally — it provides unusual solitude and an enforced opportunity for deep reflection: on life, the universe and everything.

This is heightened for those of us who are in the (ahem!) ‘aged and at heightened risk’ category.