"It's a long time since I've seen you. That's because of this COVID thing."

One town over in Bexhill, in one of the many care homes along this stretch of England’s southern coast, Renee Dolan, 86, waits anxiously for her granddaughter.

Suddenly Sara Agliata rounds the corner and two big smiles light up the room.

“Nan! Ahhh!” cries Sara.

“Oh, thank you darling,” Renee says, receiving a bouquet of flowers. “You’ve had to come in all this plastic.”

“I know, I know,” Sara laughs. “You can hear me coming.”

Her grandmother grips her hand tightly. With the other, she places a kiss on her cheek.

“Oh, you’re not allowed to kiss me,” Sara says gently.