Well, we really have descended into thoughts of the ‘end of the world’ haven’t we? It seems to have been characteristic of my week.

Firstly, Anthony has been mentioning the ‘end of the world as we know it’ of late – this is more connected to the overuse of hands-free mobile phones by people walking down Turl St; the stopping of post-examination traditions and other such matters, but still ‘the end of the world’ was used. Incidentally, I think we can add the invention of ‘robotic bollards’ to this list too. Whatever shall become of us?

Secondly, if the degradation of society wasn’t enough, I was reading the paper whilst having lunch and the Daily Mail has a report on whether the film The Day after Tomorrow portrays an accurate depiction of how the world will end. Now, maybe this is very British of me - the ‘burying of the head in the sand’ technique - but surely it is better that we live in the present and stop prophesising about how the world will end? This is not to say that we should not take any precautions regarding terrorism, or that we should refrain from being ‘environmentally friendly’, but to dwell on the ‘end of the world’ too heavily is surely a bit too depressing.

We must accept that the world is changing, that adaptation is necessary; but this should, at least in most cases, be seen in a positive, rather than a negative light. If we don’t take this frame of mind, then surely there is no hope whatsoever, and the end of the world may as well be nigh.

Can we change to a more fun string of posts now, please?