I think some of us have seen enough to know these things go on. If you have not been in any way involved the view from the sofa is divorced from reality. The whole thing revolves around you not personally being involved. That way it someone else’s problem.

I have seen enough of bus bombs to know that they happen. Not all of them get reported either. I saw enough at Bergen Belsen to not have to visit Yad Veshem on the 3 opportunities I had to do so.

I think the best advice I could offer to anybody who has seen rather too much is to take a media break. I took one last year and never regretted it. I now view the media through my own personal filter and change channels as and when I wish. I now control it; it no longer controls me.

WR