Covid regulations are inconsistent. Whilst people are barred from visiting loved ones, professional footballers are allowed to continue playing their game, a game that has a “transfer window” this month.  There must be many managers who would ponder who they might buy if they had the funds necessary to create their Dream team.

Dream gatherings are the sort of conversation one might have had at Dinner party: who would your ideal set of dinner guests be? Never knowing anyone famous, let alone knowing what anyone famous might be like at …