Getting your place presentable for guests doesn't have to involve a deep spring clean Credit: Getty How are you finding it? I’ve slowly, cautiously, begun to creep out of my lockdown shell for the odd terrace dinner or drinks with friends (fingerless mittens, blanket and hot water bottle: model’s own), astonished both by how easily and comfortingly we slip back into the same old rituals of friendship, and also how newly exhausting they are. How did I ever go out four or five times a week? It is a relief to know I haven’t gone completely feral though, and that I am still roughly capable of conversation in real life, rather than in a small, unmuted corner of a computer. As of May 17, we can invite friends inside our homes again. While of course this is a wonderful prospect for most of us, it is entirely natural that it might inspire a little anxiety, too.