There’s little room for moderate feeling. Not despair or elation, but something between. Mundane. Usual. It doesn't make for a good story. It’s not an aspiration or a pariah. Just the middle. Where we coast most of the time, the lucky among us anyway. Not rising and falling, up and down every day, but just mildly annoyed at slow traffic or happy with a good cup of coffee. That's the ideal.
Paddy Dobson
9th December 2023