Part one: Trapped. The curse of spiderwoman -- Poisoned chalice -- Locked-in syndrome -- The madder Hulk gets... -- Earthquake -- Part two: London. The greatest city on earth -- Crisis in London -- The cult of the knife -- The cycling revolution -- Hop on, hop off -- London burning -- A summer like no other -- Miracle in Battersea -- Copping out in Copenhagen -- Some more radical solutions -- Part three: Confessions of a Eurosceptic. Prawn cocktail flavour crisps -- Voting leave -- Inside the bus -- Triumph- and disaster -- Part four: Global Britain. Soft power superpower -- Brexit in America -- Britain abroad -- Mayhem in Mesopotamia -- Killing Gaddafi -- The butcher of Aleppo -- Gøing gløbal -- Selling the same camel twice -- Freeing Nazanin -- Putin the poisoner -- Golden no more -- Teach her to read -- Part five: Crunch time. The road to serfdom -- Chucking chequers -- Part six: A great plan for Britain. Infastructure revolution -- Zoonotic nightmare -- How the crisis began -- Intensive care unit -- Silent streets -- Closing schools -- Part seven: The fightback begins. Build back better -- Fighting the tide -- Dilyn sniffs a mole -- Part eight: 2021: a vaccine-led resurgence. If I had a hammer -- Vaccination miracle -- Roll-out! -- Surviving the bear-pit -- Triumph at Carbis Bay -- Collapse in Kabul -- Saving the planet -- Omigod it's Omicron -- Part nine: War in Europe. An unprovoked invasion -- The battle for Kyiv -- The cost of war -- Night train to Ukraine -- Welcome to Kent, twinned with Kigali -- Dear Sir Graham -- Britain and India -- Part ten: Last months. A torrid sort of summer -- Some pointers for the future -- Balmoral -- Afterword.