New Year’s Eve is a chance to toast the good of the past 12 months and welcome what’s to come. It’s been tough, certainly, but there is plenty to be optimistic about. London, as ever it was, is a festival of creativity and grit, courage and leadership.
And anyway, it’s important to mark the good times. What better way to toast the end of one year than with a glass of fizz and with the sky ablaze? Sadiq Khan once said of London’s celebrations: “Every year I’m completely astonished by how utterly mesmerising it is. There’s no doubt that these are the best NYE fireworks in the world”. Khan might be wrong on a lot of things, but he’s got this one spot on.
