We all have different theories about when it felt like the world started going insane. I personally plump for when David Bowie died in January 2016. Ever since, the news cycle has been unrelenting, starting with Brexit and a certain orange-tinted American president. After that, no sooner did the Covid pandemic abate than wars started in Ukraine, Sudan and Gaza. That’s not to mention this year’s important elections at home and across the Atlantic.
All of which is to say that there are plenty of things you can choose to worry about just now. But could it be that the ongoing global omnishambles means that an even bigger trend is flying under the radar? This year, there have been a series of freak events with a common link, but which our politicians aren’t keen to talk about.
