When someone asked me in Moscow just over a month ago whether The Great Escape might be cancelled because of the coronavirus I was surprised, amused and ambivalent. And, of course, WRONG. So sorry we won’t be able to bring you the brilliant conference we had planned, and even more so that you’ll miss the truly magnificent fifteenth anniversary festival programme TGE HQ had put together. Stay safe everybody as we begin the countdown to TGE 2021 – it’s going to be spectacular.