A-Z of scare stories

A couple of days ago I was sitting in the sun in Ludlow, drinking Robinsons cider and reading the Spectator.

I recommend Matthew Parris's A-Z of scare stories:

Bird Flu. It is not so long since the government’s chief medical officer said the arrival here of a pandemic was not a matter of whether but when. Since then, bird flu has dropped from the news.

And the cider.