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Every time I go to America the Yanks are up to something new. This time it's saying "I appreciate you" instead of "thank you". Such a vibrant culture!

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The night czar can't be a celebrity. We need a Robert Moses-style operator. A dirty fighter. Pack ballot boxes. Blackmail licencing boards. Get Fabric declared a UNESCO world heritage site. Whatever it takes.

I have a very embarrassing correction to issue. In this quiz for The Fence Magazine I make reference to Lindisfarne Priory, but before the Norman conquest it actually had the status of an Abbey

"This slope isn't slippery" I say with confidence, as I step boldly onto it. "Everyone else just had slippery shoes."

It's easy to laugh at Russell Brand, but the reality is more and more people across the political spectrum are focusing on acquiring powerful amulets

I've always thought Usyk was pretty boring, but this piece makes a good case for why I am wrong

Digging out the cardigans for autumn: a needful reminder to lay not up treasure on earth, where moth and rust corrupt

Tim McInnerny would be a good name for three men called Tim, Mac and Ernie

Tree eating a pillar box, South Kensington

Welcome back to real time. Greenwich time. Summer was a lie you told yourself.

For some reason, I always think Jenrick looks like a middling tenor in a male voice choir. Former boy soprano who never lived up to early promise vibes.

This feels like a real return to form, after a couple of fallow years. Rescue dogs, bamboo, and the Telegraph crossword are all timers

I got through one Trump administration without learning how to spell tariffs, and I can do it again

This is interesting. I've always found the mention of a wombat in Goblin Market surprising, but it turns out the Rossettis and their pals were obsessed with the things

Heretic (2024) is a film about the how horrific it is to be stuck in a room with someone who wants to talk about comparative mythology

The funniest pick for Archbishop of Canterbury would be a dyed-in-the-wool Novus Ordo Anglo-Papalist