Hoping for the best but fearing the worst

There you would be almost entirely cut off from the world because the radio that you were so generously given by the government died some time ago when the batteries gave up the ghost. With no cash to buy replacements, the radio has now become a plaything for the younger children.

As a result you may believe that all is well. In Oodi, however, where I happen to live, we are positively deluged with news reports – from television, radio channels and the multitude of commercial newspapers. And what we are hearing, seeing and reading beggars belief.