‘Britain’s stalled restaurants and pubs sadden me; each shut shop is a community lifeline’
A word of advice: creme caramel puddings and Müller Rices are the best things to buy a sore-mouthed pensioner who’s pulled out her own wisdom tooth with tweezers. My mam’s pivot to amateur dentistry has been a curveball. Even if she had warned me for weeks that, if dentists continued to stay closed, she’d take matters into her own hands, using a sharp implement. “Wonderful,” I said passively. “What next? Your appendix?”
British pensioners have grown fractious during lockdown. If QVC goes on the blink, the rioting will begin proper. “I rang the surgery 10 times,” she sighed, “but they say I’m too vulnerable to deal with.” This is true. While we were busy saving the NHS, which we did with great gusto, we simply accepted that teeth weren’t that important. “What else was I supposed to do?” Mam mumbled.
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