Smiling in the face of ash | Peter Preston

Frustrating, infuriating and costly. But still it is refreshing to see cool heads under empty skiesIt ought to be an automatic Hollywood blockbuster. A mighty fire bursts through the ice and the modern world itself freezes. Politicians, scientists and millions of ordinary punters watch helplessly as their dreams are destroyed. There's a natural title. Airport 2010: The Empty Skies. But one thing seems to be missing. No sense of threat, no looming menace. What, no fear? For the moment, this scrip...

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