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So, Matt, we were going to do a live episode with you at the Cambridge Literary Festival and

we were going to talk about your show Brexit, pursued by a bear and then your show got cancelled.

So, I never got to see it and then the lit fest got cancelled and then everything got cancelled.

But it's been more extreme for you, hasn't it? You had a more extreme version of lockdown

than most people. Yes, yeah, I had to shield because of having severe asthma, which...

I didn't realise I had severe asthma, which sounds really stupid, but I've been on inhalers

on my life and in the last few years, I've had a string of chest imperfections that have

needed antipyrosix and steroids. So, even though I can still exercise, can still run around,

I don't need to cart an oxygen tank round with me to get upstairs. I'm not out of breath when I

go upstairs. There are a couple of types of medication that I'm on that are listed in the advice

for people who should shield. So, did it trigger one of those texts from the government?

...