One of the unexpected side effects of the plague is a resurgence in Georgian hairstyles. Many are embracing the difficulties of home hairdressing: simply shaving random strips on the sides of their heads, and tying the rest up samurai style. Or some, like me, just look like Dr Johnson.

The demands of workplace health and safety are also forcing a lot of workers into peacock coloured hi vis clothing of a Regency-like brightness. For many of them, I expect this is the most vivid clothing they have ever worn.

I saw a traffic control officer at a local building site, swaddled in his hi vis pullover. His fresh complexion was set off by the ginger ringlets of his home-made mullet. He was framed by the crepuscular gloom of the underground carpark he was guarding. He was, simply, a subject fit for Joshua Reynolds.