I wrote about assisted dying in a world that's in denial about dependency at every stage of our lives thecritic.co.uk/matthew-parris…

🎉🌼🌸April Fools! 🌸🌼🎉

Only kidding. Obviously, the people mentioned in the above tweets aren't women at all, but men, every last one of them.

In passing the Scottish Hate Crime Act, Scottish lawmakers seem to have placed higher value on the feelings of men performing their…

Dr Jo Kershaw 'Peter and Harriet to dinner — Peter very reticent of course about that tiresome business at the Palace but what a ridiculous affair over a photograph and I dare say Bunter was invaluable — so reminiscent of those silly girls from Cottingley and Mr Doyle or do I mean Houdini?'

Modernity is making you sterile

✍️ Louise Perry

spectator.co.uk/article/modern…

After I published on le Carré someone sweetly DM’d to ask if I'd read this piece on George Smiley’s marriage. Wrote back saying yes, I know the piece, I think it’s very brilliant, as it happens I'm getting married to its author in about three months time

gawker.com/culture/george…

Just finished an advance copy of The Close, Jane Casey, and I’m screaming inside. So. Good. Especially taken with the Georgette Heyer-loving librarian, my fictional twin.

In America, the summer of 2020 was revolutionary: noble goals were being pursued, but the ground was constantly shifting, and it was unwise to end up on the wrong side of the revolutionaries. This is the story of a scapegoat: theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

Thread:

Patrick Maguire

bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-…

Fascinating thread explaining the present conflict by particulars of history, language and philosophy of which I was completely ignorant

Really excellent piece, including the proposed reforms to politics, institutions and social media itself.

The key point is not that Boris Johnson received a penalty notice.
The key point is that the fine proves he has repeatedly lied to parliament about his actions during COVID.
Democracy requires - for voting for accountability - leaders who tell the truth.
He must go.

Rowan Williams call it a “sacred journey” — but trans ideology is a new faith altogether, writes Matthew Roberts thecritic.co.uk/the-religion-o…

The Lia Thomas Problem alexmassie.substack.com/p/the-debatabl…

Brought to you by those who think a woman is a testosterone level.

The big goals I worked on for 20 years in UK foreign policy:

stay & lead in the EU

help young Arabs get free of authoritarians

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office innovative & impactful not timid & transactional

be a development superpower

leave Afghanistan well.

A chastening list of failure.