A photo’s been going around the past few days. It’s a clever juxtaposition: an old picture of the original Ronaldo, in his athletic prime, against a more recent version of him, all paunchy and painful to look at. The picture is captioned: “Before self-isolation vs after self-isolation.” It’s a funny summarisation of an otherwise grave situation, where many of us privileged folk are binge eating and binge watching.
The second image will instantly resonate with the younger generation, typically those born in the new millennium. After all, that’s how they’ve always known Ronaldo: obese, immobile and forever lurking in the