Sunday, March 29, 2026

Explaining how to make coffee as the world begins to burn

Listening to a woman talking on the Brendan O’Connor programme on RTÉ Radio 1 yesterday it was difficult not to think of moving the chairs on the Titanic.

In 2023  Dmitry Medvedev wrote that if the West opposes Russia in Ukraine, “the life that existed before will be forgotten for centuries until smoky debris ceases to emit radiation”. 

Last December, Vladimir Putin warned that if Europe “starts a war” with Russia, it will end so swiftly that there would be no one left to negotiate with Russia.

Yesterday the Israelis bombed Tehran, the Houthis fired a missile into Iran. The world is on fire.

Who’s talking about razed Gaza, the war in Ukraine, the violence of Trump and his team. Yet we take time out about how to make coffee or even 

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Explaining how to make coffee as the world begins to burn

Listening to a woman talking on the Brendan O’Connor programme on RTÉ Radio 1 yesterday it was difficult not to think of moving the chairs o...