Yesterday Boris Johnson took to the podium for the first time in 2 weeks to announce the next phase the Government’s plan to move the UK back towards some kind of “normalcy”. Since the WHO announced that what the World was facing was a “Pandemic”, all eyes and ears have been on the UK Government to see what would happen next.

Almost 4 months since Lockdown, life has changed beyond all recognition - queuing, which we British were so famous for, is the norm, no unruly behaviour in the Aldi car park when waiting patiently to be allowed in. Cleanliness and hygiene is at their front of everyone’s mind - those who mocked those who wiped their cutlery before eating in a restaurant or cafe or sprayed their desks, keyboards and phones with Dettol, are not laughing now. This will always part of the new “normal”. With face masks and face coverings mandatory on public transport and due to become mandatory in shops and all retail outlets, the attitude to wearing masks in public has changed dramatically as more and more scientific evidence shows the risk of transmission the virus could be spread by tiny particles suspended in the air . Some people feel anxious about the way in which we will no longer be able to “read” facial expressions, reliant only on the eyes and the emotion expressed through the windows of our soul.