Foreign holidays are out for Britons this year. But is that such a bad thing? | Gaby Hinsliff

As we start to enjoy new freedoms, we can’t risk bringing Covid back home. This is a year for exploring Britain

The best thing about lockdown is, as with banging your head against a brick wall, the relief when it stops.

It hasn’t stopped yet, of course. But even the relatively minor tweaking of the rules in various parts of the UK this week – such as allowing outside gatherings of six – has unleashed a palpable national giddiness, a sign perhaps of how far our horizons have shrunk.

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