I can see a giant version of the longevity photo on a wall in a gallery - it's a beauty!

Hope your roofers won't be too much longer, it's terrible having to deal with someone else's noise like that. My sister and bro-in-law recently had just that with some building works - it was awful to live with.

I have hopes that sense and sanity will prevail at the next big elections both your side of the pond and ours. There are some hopeful signs but it's all a bit too knife-edge.