The lights go off, broadband drops out, the TV freezes … and nobody knows why

It might be because technicians maintain an open-door policy

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We are huddled around two candles, instinctively leaning into the light like moths. (What do you mean “moths can’t lean"? Ever seen one fall over?) All around us is darkness and chill.

I ask if my neighbours, whose house this is, would mind if I use their toilet. I totter precariously upstairs, ligh…