DMZ

The last week few days have been exceedingly busy with three new courses starting on Monday, a Zoom thesis seminar yesterday and Anna having 100+ IR exams on the Korean Peninsula to mark. In addition, running back and forth to Innertavle with the Thule Carrier has been somewhat of an extreme challenge with the temperature hovering around -20 degrees. As such, it feels appropriate to finish the week with a warming saffron fish soup and a South African chardonnay called “DMZ” (which of course is an obvious throwback to Korea). 

Just in time for dinner, I also received the Lonely Planet guide for Malta, making my adventure in four months’ time seem a bit more real. While the Covid situation is as unpredictable as ever, I remain optimistic that both the trip and the race will go ahead as vaccines are rapidly being rolled out throughout the European Union.

With only five days of the Trump presidency remaining, the world remains on edge. Politico had an interesting piece on the politics of victimhood and how hard it has been to hold Trump to account in the past. Hopefully, this time is really different and will at last put an end to his “grievance machine”.