<p>Face masks, hand sanitiser, Zoom meetings, daily Amazon deliveries, social distancing - a way of life that we have become all too used to after the country was locked down on 23 March 2020.</p><p>We adjusted to the new normal. We muted, waited for the next slide and followed the science. We marvelled at Jonathan Van-Tam's suits and metaphors in equal measure and hung on to Professor Chris Whitty's every word.</p><p>In 'Alexa, when's it going to end?' David Mitchell describes how the pandemic has affected him and the people in his life. His diary, based on his non award-winning blog 'Ramblings from Retirement', covers a twelve-month period unique in modern times, a significant part of which was spent working out how to stop his glasses from misting up when wearing a face mask.</p>