Graham Norton: 'Ireland is a nation of leavers. I am in awe of the people who stayed and changed minds'

As his third novel is published, the television presenter talks about growing older, Eurovision and resuming his talk show in a pandemicGraham Norton is chipper as we chat in West Cork, where he spends much of his time when his eponymous BBC TV show is not on air, and to which he has repaired during lockdown. Despite the disappointing weather – Storm Ellen is about to wreak havoc on the west, and the following week will bring flooded roads and power outages across the area – and the