Every year, about this time, I sit down to write a piece like this and every year the same thing happens: a moment of disbelief that so much has gone on in 12 short months. This is swiftly followed by absolute confidence that surely, surely , some of it wasn’t this year at all but the year before. There’s no way that was only February, definitely not, someone's having me on. Alas, I’m always wrong - 2023 has been as busy as ever and, working closely with our members, we’ve achieved a huge amount...