curtains

The women's Rugby World Cup match between Ireland and New Zealand in Brighton paused mid-game, while theatre-goers were advised to turn off their phone before curtains up.

Even so, the final track, The End Of Suffering, finds a sort of equilibrium – as the singer throws open the curtains and lets the sun warm his skin.

Translucent curtains are being designed for some of the windows, but won’t be used throughout, and not in the entrance across from “Octavia’s Gaze.”

You may already have hung thicker curtains and blocked the drafts over the last couple of winters, but do not forget to switch off radiators in rooms you are not using and wrap up.

The space demands this focus, it has its own diva-ism — fierce, vibrant, vulnerable in an almost confrontational way, and just as subdued when the curtains are drawn.