Very sad to hear that Lord Cormack has died. He was always unfailingly kind to me throughout my time at The House magazine, and I loved picking his brain about parliaments and characters gone by over a coffee.

Delighted that my personal-v. personal!-project about the joys/wisdom of turning 40 has been published online The Guardian I took 40 portraits last year of people turning 40 and it genuinely changed my outlook. Thanks to everyone for sharing their stories❤️ theguardian.com/society/2024/f…

Ever thought about writing a book?

Here’s some advice on how to go about it.
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Tony Lloyd was kind enough to give me an interview just a few weeks ago, with no mention of his ill health at all in our half hour conversation, during which he was in fine fettle, generously recounting his days in the Labour whips’ office in the 80s. A sad loss; a lovely guy.

Liz Truss secretly lobbied ministers to ‘expedite’ defense exports to China

Former UK prime minister’s private correspondence revealed in documents obtained by POLITICO.

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I was going to try and express my views on this but Ian has said everything I ever could and plenty more.

The Incredible Shrinking Britain

My substack this week is a little different. It's a story of how two people met: whalemigration.substack.com/p/pareja-de-he…

Exclusive:

Restoration of parliament faces downgrade to 'enhanced maintenance' + debate on next steps postponed until next year.

Story: bit.ly/3SSpCRk
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A Day in the Life of a Tall Person

#TheGrindisReal
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A Day in the Life of a Tall Person

In case you've ever wondered what we get up to.
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Rishi’s problem, and why a steady hand just won’t cut it anymore.

My Substack this week: whalemigration.substack.com/p/rishis-probl…

Rishi’s problem, and why a steady hand just won’t cut it anymore.

My Substack this week: whalemigration.substack.com/p/rishis-probl…

The best of Friends

This week’s Substack is on Matthew Perry.

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