May we live in... interesting times?

Unfortunately, the timing is rather less than fortunate – the world is on fire. And if the image of a blaze doesn’t sit quite right with you, allow me to suggest an alternative: yes, we’re at a party, and yes, it’s on a luxury liner – but regrettably, the liner in question is the Titanic. We seem to have grown accustomed (doesn’t that sound dreadful?) to a war taking place just beyond our border. And what have we written about since it began? At first, naturally, there was the great mobilisation – humanitarian drives, donations, shelters offered to those fleeing. Then came the news of companies pulling out of the Russian market – and those that opted not to. Disrupted supply chains, vague “geopolitical tensions” and how these have influenced the decisions of local investors, along with the caution displayed by international players hesitant about Poland’s proximity to a regularly bombarded country. Now, we’re s