Suzanne Harrington: I'm being driven mad trying to figure out the logistics of Christmas presents

I am being driven mad in different ways – trying to figure out how to negotiate the logistics of getting Christmas presents to Ireland from Brexitland

Suzanne Harrington: "Never mind, I’ll order stuff online in Cork itself, and get it delivered from there." Picture: iStock.

My partner phones to talk about Syria and whether the guy who shot the American health insurance CEO is a folk hero Joker taking radical action against a corporate system that profits obscenely from withholding funds from desperately ill people, or just a common or garden murderer, as I am wrapping presents.

Specifically, wrapping a book for my partner on the effect of modern media on the mind, and how the overconsumption of news is driving us all mad.