Flying the burning nest

As Prince Harry's memoir details life in the gilded cage, can the family image of monarchy past show itself to be anything but the abusive image it’s always been?

“It’s the end of the world as we know it” once sung Michael Stipe. Yes, I’m starting there, why not? What with current headlines of ambulance strikes, nursing strikes and the rise of misogynist influencers, you’d be remiss for not giving 2023 a distrusting glare ahead.

If chaos continues to be the new world order after recent turbulent years, then why fight it? So, rather than be duped into false hope again, I am instead choosing to beat the system, or ‘the matrix’, as every card carrying woman-hater is now calling it. Should the inevitable path to freedom lead to chaos, then chaos I choose to embrace. Yes, we’re still only in January but consider my very own ‘chaos mindset’ (patent pending) a belated new year mental health tip for you.

So, give two-fingers up to the January diet, if you haven’t already, and a position yourself for a purposeful dive head-first into the nearest Quality Street tin of unwanted leftovers. Embrace the chaos, embrace the unwanted and embrace the fact you’d s…