Musically we need to face up to a tsunami of names we love, passing away in the near future. Many of our heroes are of the same advanced age and are now all coming to/approaching the ends of their lives at the same time. We'll be coming back to this topic more and more.

More generally, we struggle discussing death in the UK. (You understandably felt the need to apologise for raising the topic). It’s an issue society hasn’t caught up with. For example, if you have a baby it’s enshrined in law that both parents get time off from work. But if a couple loses a child (or indeed a parent/sibling), they don’t.