Notes from the asylum

Social media has turned public discourse into a madhouse of mutual incomprehension.

The scene is set during the Great War. Two witches, one English and one German, are battling it out in the skies over London. Magical bolts erupt from their fingertips as they whirl about each other on their broomsticks. They come to settle on a nearby cloud where they briefly discuss the origins of their conflict. ‘We are Crusaders,’ says the German wi…