By Elizabeth Hopkirk2021-01-25T07:00:00+00:00 If we learnt anything from 2020 it is that we are capable of embracing great change – and that is a strength we are going to need Rarely has a year been so keenly awaited and so freighted with expectation. We made it to 2021 – but will it deliver on our hopes? There will be difficult days ahead, but there are reasons for optimism, including a Brexit deal between the UK and EU and a new US administration. Best of all, we began the year with something that a few months before seemed even more improbable: the rollout of vaccines to contain covid-19.