Backstory:Â 2020 Will End, but the Anxieties and Trepidations It Has Brought Won t
A fortnightly column from The Wire s public editor.
A woman walks past by a graffiti depicting Brazil s President Jair Bolsonaro adjusting his protective face mask and viruses, amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 2, 2020. Photo: Reuters
Rights19/Dec/2020
Most years come with a clearly defined beginning, middle and end. As T.S. Eliot wrote in âLittle Giddingâ:
For last year’s words belong to last year’s language
And next year’s words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning.