I have a map for this! When this was destroyed it’s estimated that as many as ONE FIFTH of the migratory birds of North America were lost. It contained the largest lake in Indiana, Beaver Lake, which had the colorfully named Bogus Island in the middle of it, a notorious hideout for ne’er-do-wells and outlaws.

Imagine a dystopian future in which murderous, sadistic terrorists are allowed to walk among us rather than being brought to justice. They’re given refuge and freedom in the very country whose values they seek to destroy. Imagine a future in which children spend hours every day on the internet, some of them persuaded to believe fantastical propositions, such as the idea that they were “born in the wrong body”. And when parents try to challenge these beliefs, the government seeks to silence them with draconian legislation, thereby endorsing a medical pathway involving powerful hormones and irreversible surgery. Imagine countless soulless ideologues embedded in every institution, even healthcare, claiming such harmful interventions somehow allow confused young people to live their so-called “authentic” lives. Imagine a future in which any man who declares himself a woman can demand access to spaces formerly reserved for biological women, and any woman who objects risks being hounded out of her career, branded a bigot and publicly castigated by those in power. Imagine a country in which a Christian praying silently outside an abortion clinic risks arrest, or someone who posts something deemed too offensive on social media can expect a knock on the door from the police. Meanwhile, actual criminals are released early from prison, despite the authorities knowing full well that some will reoffend. And week after week, protests take place on our streets at which extremists openly express their hatred and demand the destruction of the only democratic state in the Middle East, created as a refuge for Jewish people in the wake of the mechanical slaughter of six million Jews in Europe. Imagine a future in which a powerful media organisation, funded by a compulsory levy on the public, instead of exposing and scrutinising these regressive developments, dutifully echoes the narratives that underpin them, reinforcing and normalising the very ideas it ought to be challenging. Well, we don’t have to imagine this dystopian future. We’re living in it. And if anyone has any ideas about how to fix this mess, I’m sure I’m not the only person who would be eager to hear them.