We gather here today to say farewell and goodbye to nuance, a much loved member of the human family, now sadly passed. She was proud of her French ancestry in the word ‘nuer’ which means ‘to shade’; she even claimed Latin roots in the word ‘nubes’, meaning ‘cloud’ or ‘vapour’. For nuance, as we know, would not be pinned down! But French? Latin? English? No. None of these labels would suffice for her. As she reminded us, in typical fashion: ‘I am all and none of them, and part of …
