In January 2021, somewhere in the middle of the UK’s second lockdown, I began shadowing the bestselling author Lisa Jewell. In many ways, it wasn’t an ideal time for shadowing someone – the streets were so empty, it would be easy to spot a stalker, and if you did track your target down, you couldn’t stand within two metres of them or enter their home without opening all the windows – so I started on Zoom, watching her on webcam.