I interviewed 'the wolf man' Paul Lister, MFI heir and owner of the Alladale estate in Sutherland about bringing wolves back to Scotland, the value of land in the UK, and why rich people like him keep buying estates. It was all quite bonkers but v good fun telegraph.co.uk/gift/329301216…

For this week's issue of @the_tablet I wrote about one of my favourite subjects: the Catholic aristocracy! Ft a fantastic story from Lord Acton about growing up at Marcham Priory, Lord Mansfield's kidnapping, and a WW1 fighter ace decried for his religion thetablet.co.uk/features/bride…

I should add that for this piece I interviewed Cardinal Radcliffe which was an enormous pleasure. He was absolutely fantastic – very thoughtful, very interesting, very calm. Could have talked to him all day. I recommend it to you on that basis alone

This is such a generous, lovely essay by Simon Heffer about my book HEIRS AND GRACES and the subject of it, the British aristocracy – in this month's The New Criterion. And what a headline! Best headline I've ever seen on this subject, I reckon newcriterion.com/article/lordin…

This week's Great Estates is on Weston Park – that great house with a genuinely fantastic collection that Richard Bradford gave to the nation in 1986, after so much heartache, and thanks to punitive death duties. Almost 40 years on, how is it doing now? telegraph.co.uk/gift/a19cc3d7a…

Very pleased to say that I am on the excellent Ivan Wise podcast this week talking about things that should be… better known! And actually I think my choices are quite inspired if I do say so myself betterknown.co.uk/better-known-2…

This week's Great Estates is on Gorhambury, the winner of this year's The Georgian Group's restoration prize: how Rosie Grimston masterminded a generational overhaul of a house that needed love, influenced by her childhood at Floors Castle and plenty more telegraph.co.uk/gift/dd16c6699…

Utterly amazed and delighted to discover that my book HEIRS AND GRACES, a history of the modern British aristocracy, has been named one of the FT's history books of the year! I am positively vibrating with glee – how fabulous! ft.com/content/a7c7dd…

Super excited to say that I’ll be at Hatchards Piccadilly tomorrow signing books for their Christmas customer evening! Come and buy a copy of HEIRS AND GRACES, a history of the modern British aristocracy, from me! It makes a delicious Christmas present hatchards.co.uk/events/hatchar…

This week's Great Estates is on Salwey Lodge – a wholesome, wise tale this time, about love, loss and escaping the city for rural Shropshire telegraph.co.uk/gift/b68fbb9b5…