Two weeks ago, I went food shopping for the family, and for the first times since I have been in the UK, I noticed empty shelves in the supermarket. Tesco and Sainsburys in Didcot had run out of some essential food items and products due to panic buyers. I had...

One of the privileges of our modern world is that, we have structures and systems in place to safeguard us from deep shocks which would have left devastating effects on our society if we lived over a century ago. While this has been a blessing, it has also created a...