Working from home: how it changed us forever

As people in England are told to return to the office, five Observer writers assess the impact of the last two years on work, home - and our wider social framework

I've read and thought more about office life over the last two years than I have at any time over the previous two decades when I worked in one. I say worked, but of course from this distance I can see that what I called office work might not quite stand up in a court of law, being comprised of equal amounts gossip, tea-runs and shouting passive aggressively at computers, alongside the clattery typing I am paid for.