When I was fourteen and Tangled was released in cinemas, I felt that I could really identify with Rapunzel and her query, as we both wondered: when does life really begin? Of course rational minds ...

So do we who are watching wonder, when will my life begin again. Many have already had to cancel baptisms, graduations, weddings, even funerals. That’s hard enough, though necessary.

My uncle died, and my aunt remarried years later but never changed the will – with the only exception of a life tenancy for her second husband. All her nieces and nephews are remaindermen, and ...