It’s Armageddon time again – but don’t panic

The current global hysteria over North Korea is nothing new: Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un are the latest actors in a long-running story

Remember the good old days? Yeah, they were pretty good. It was before that guy – you know the one I’m talking about – was US president. It was before all the news was bad news and cynical, scary and, frankly, stupid news.

It was before that election. Before Brexit. Before North Korea developed a nuclear device small enough to fit on an intercontinental ballistic missile. And before Donald Trump decided to make ...