Exactly what drew Dominic Cummings to Lindisfarne — the so-called 'Holy Island' just off northeast England's Northumberland coast — has long been the subject of intrigue and speculation.
Some say the maverick former chief Downing Street adviser, 51, saw the quiet, pint-sized island — accessible only when the causeway is clear of the twice-daily tides — as the perfect place to retreat from the world and retire, monk-like, in contemplation, ahead of his appearance at this week's Covid inquiry in west London, just as he did after his first political exile back in the early Noughties.
