Ever since Eyelashes Andy first brought the subject up in his casual, bar-snacks-and-Gogglebox sort of way, every midlife woman I know has been dutifully prepping for the Apocalypse.
One friend, unable to sleep owing to prepper-induced anxiety, sat up half the night on Amazon procuring items for each of her children, to be despatched to their various digs and halls of residence.
Another has carefully laminated photocopies of everyone’s passports, attached them to lanyards and hung them by the front door in case of flooding.
Another still has decided that ‘prepper stockings’ will make ideal Christmas presents – an idea, I’m not ashamed
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