2021 Lockdown — Day 5

The Theatre of Crisis

Illustration by author

It’s generally acknowledged that 536 AD was the worst year in history and was a prelude to a thoroughly miserable decade. The death toll was incredible and life was generally horrible. What we are going through now pales in comparison. But the cause of that misery truly was an act of god. It came about through a volcanic eruption in Iceland which resulted in clouds of ash covering much of…