You know the pandemic is over when . . .
. . . news of the abnormal becomes normal again.
The world reopened again yesterday. Pubs could have customers standing at the bar, nowhere had to close at eight o’clock, young people went to clubs in large numbers, sporting events could be run with full capacity crowds. These events might have been considered newsworthy a few weeks ago, but why would anyone now be interested in the normal and everyday?
The true mark of the return to normality is the return to the front pages of the abnormal and there …