Did I mention that Elvis, Winnie and Lorna all fell within my age bracket (40s)? Which was why earlier in the week, when I saw MoH’s Dr Mercy Mwagangi’s tweet that the Sputnik V vaccine had received ‘Emergency Use Authorisation’ by the Poisons and Pharmaceutical Board, I was all good to get vaccinated, as I told my disbelieving editor. If you’ve read this column long enough, you’ll know my years in Saint Petersburg turned me into a dedicated Russophile. So much so that, on World Poetry Day two weekends ago, the women at the Moscow Biennale chose Nii Parkes and myself as their Poesia ’21 curators.