Across the UK, across continental North America, and around the world on the internet by webcast

and by podcast, my name is Howard Hughes and this is the return of the unexplained.

Well, thank you very much for all of your kind emails that have really sustained me through

this period of lockdown.

It's been weeks and weeks and weeks and for me, maybe for you too, the only person I've

seen.

In each of these weeks has been the checkout person once a week, at the local supermarket,

and I've quickly brushed past, well not brushed past, been two meters away from people

in the park when I cycle and that's about it.

And I never really thought that would be a challenge for me, but I don't know about

you.

I definitely have found that it is so.

And thank you very much for the emails that have really sustained me the suggestions

and just the little snapshots of your life that you've been kind enough to share, whether

you're in schwa or shawar, isn't it, in Canada or wherever you are in the world.

It's really kind of you to connect with me from, I had an email recently from Dubai and

all points in the world and everywhere over the UK and the US.

It's massively supportive and really nice that you do that.

But every so often, you get an email that completely blind sides you and usually that email

arrives on a day when you really don't need it.

Today was that day.

I got an email from a listener who first of all didn't give his name and later named

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