Coronavirus has put our ability to understand each other under strain

Mask wearers and non-mask wearers are suspicious of each other – but the ones I don’t get are the people who only partly wear a face covering, writes Konnie Huq

Different class: there’s a ‘new normal’ at school (Getty)

This week saw the back to school rush in full flow as if Covid-19 never happened, well at least to some extent.

Admittedly the last school year did have a visible lack of one-way systems, staggered start times from form to form and mask-wearing parents, but day one of the new term definitely felt as chaotic, if not more chaotic, than usual.

Parents getting to grips with the different entry and exit gates for different Key Stage groups, no school bags or possessions to be brought in where possible, sending kids in wearing PE kit on PE days (at least at our school at any rate) and other such changes.