I just spent the morning viewing biographies of the Plantagenet kings (until their replacement by the Tudors). That’s what cancer patients do, I suppose, while they live a hermit’s lifestyle awaiting a vaccination against the virus. In this case I learned an important lesson from British history. I learned that the more things change, the more they stay the same. Henry VI was described variously as “simple minded” and as suffering from dementia. His wife and staff were protective of him (even when he was in a catatonic state) and used him as a puppet. Others sought to depose him for ...