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Am I missing something in the Britt Lapthorne story? Any child’s death is undoubtedly an appalling tragedy for the parents involved …. but candlelit vigils? Public memorial services? Weeks of breathless coverage in the Australian media? Why no state funeral? It’s absurd. It speaks of something grisly and voyeuristic I reckon. Some empty place in [...]

But I love this. We did this thing this week where we asked people to tell us what they would do with their last five hours, just in case the Hadron Collider did in fact bring about instant oblivion. There was a really strange sense that came from what people wrote. I don’t want to take it all too seriously, but there was an amused serenity about the last things they wanted to do.