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A Lancet study today reveals that the UK now has a Total Fertility Rate of just 1.49 children per woman. A TFR of at least 2.1 is required for a stable population. What does this demographic time bomb mean for our future society and economy? A🧵1/13 bit.ly/3IP5ny2

There had not been a single whiff of any Jeffrey Donaldson investigation prior to midnight .

Libertarians will naturally oppose a ban on smartphones for kids. But it should be music to the ears of conservatives. “We don’t ban things” is just as much a rigidly ideological position as any held by those on the Left. Of course regulation is necessary to protect children. 1/3

The last few months has seen a dramatic shift in the debate on children & smartphones. The call for action is growing. We will look back on this time as the moment the tide turned against fatalism. The fight to reclaim childhood has begun. Me in UnHerd today ⬇️ Jonathan Haidt

Excellent from Freddie Sayers on the ‘disinformation’ industry, which seems to exist to shut down political opponents. “There used to be another word for articulating an ‘adversarial narrative’ towards authority and vested interests: journalism.” thetimes.co.uk/article/4ac46b…

The Northumberland Line was closed to passenger traffic in 1964, but reopened by Northumberland Council in 2024 in the face of much naysaying and defeatism. So far ridership has been *five times* higher than even the Council anticipated, an off-the-charts success. Does this

"The ones [media outlets] that have failed have abandoned what made them great as a print model, they've chased clicks or they've chased just pure traffic. The ones that I think have done well you've kept hold of what made you great, the quality, reporting and the trust" -

It was controversial at the time, but those deep, carefully-targeted cuts to protect core budgets and heavy borrowing for capital projects during an historic period of near-zero interest rates really paid off. Truly, a privilege to live in the Age of Osborne.

Sunday Times reporter Will returns to The New Statesman as deputy editor in @tommctague's first hire as editor in chief pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media…

I’m delighted to join Tom McTague at the The New Statesman as his deputy - exciting times ahead pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media…

Super excited to have Will Lloyd join the New Statesman as deputy editor. A real coup for us. Onwards!

Honoured to be shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Journalism, especially given the exceptional company I'm in! #OrwellPrize2025

So richly deserved!

Self-portrait with beret #artbots #rembrandt

Delighted to be nominated in two categories - Feature of the Year and Opinion Piece of the Year - at the 2025 Association of British Science Writers Awards ABSW. Many thanks to the judges and congratulations to all those shortlisted

Thanks for all the kind messages about These Times. I feel privileged to have spent so much time with Helen Thompson POLIS, who is not only one of the most brilliant minds in Britain, but a friend and mentor. Thanks to Freddie Sayers, too, for backing the project from beginning to end

“Not in my name.” A brave and powerful piece on the horror in Gaza from Hannah Barnes. magazine.newstatesman.com/2025/05/21/not…

“Not in my name.” A brave and powerful piece on the horror in Gaza, by Hannah Barnes newstatesman.com/world/middle-e…