Today’s security alerts in Belfast caused widespread traffic disruption. In the midst of this I collected my 5yr old from her after-school. She asked me what a bomb scare was after hearing it on the radio. It was the first time she’s heard the term that I and many others grew up with. I tried as best I could to explain what a bomb was  and what one would look like.  I thought I’d done a good job at my second attempt but she interrupted me to say she’d remembered seeing one before.

“They’re black” she said.