Roots is a well known Canadian clothing brand, so much so that if you’re caught wearing a Roots sweater in London in the UK, you may well be stopped in the street by a Canadian visitor or expat asking where you’re from in Canada.

It’s been a tough few weeks if I’m honest, and today is really bringing it home. My father’s funeral was just this Friday. After surviving two and a half years through Covid in a dementia care home, he died in the end, from an entirely unrelated infection.