My World: June 2021…

This is part of a series of articles where our contributors describe how they think things will look a year from now.

Bizarre hairstyles, global shortages of cosmetics and bananas and each of us knowing at least five still-traumatised addicts of live sports? But seriously, in the Covid fallout over the coming year I fear most for those countries whose economy, health service and infrastructure is fragile. Let’s hope the WHO and the international community are able to properly support them if the going gets tough. I also suspect that many environmental programmes will be put on the back burner at the very time when a ‘green’ approach to the world’s problems could have provided fast-working sustainable solutions. And I’m concerned for my former students as their Real Estate futures look increasingly uncertain. Many will have to radically adapt in order to fit into a much-changed sector but I believe we teachers have equipped them with sufficiently robust skill-sets to allow them to do this. As to what my personal world will look like a year on? Much like now probably but I’m just guessing. What I can say with certainty is that my attitude to life will be different.