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david lynch interview about smoking and emphysema has this quote that’s been lodged in my brain. "I don't regret it. It was important to me. I wish what every addict wishes for: that what we love is good for us."

GET IN, the inside account of Labour’s rise to power and first 100 days by me and Gabriel Pogrund, out 13th February. Pre-order now… amazon.co.uk/Get-Inside-Sto…

Now ban Twitter so I can’t waste my fucking life on here anymore!

A state that withholds citizenship from people born there is not a democracy

No one: Absolutely no one: Not one living soul: The bad boy clarinettist making classical music cool:

I profiled the one and only Tyler Cowen for 1843: economist.com/1843/2025/02/2…

A portrait of the life and mind of Tyler Cowen, a 61-year-old economist at George Mason University in Virginia who is a bestselling author, podcaster and the toast of Silicon Valley. Don Van Natta Jr.'s top pick by John Phipps (email required) economist.com/1843/2025/02/2…

In its most basic sense, a saint is someone who has gone to heaven because of their virtuous life. John Phipps digs into the story of Carlo Acutis to see how the Italian teenager earned his halo econ.st/4iGZTpa

Rosa in the New Yorker crossword today ❤️

The mother of Carlo Acutis has responded to my article in the Economist this spring. "If you don't know God, you are in the darkness," she tells the Spectator. "We pray for these people." You can read the original article here: economist.com/1843/2025/03/2…

The LRB sent Rosa to Crufts and she wrote an incredible piece lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/…

Hello, I've been quietly working on this and now I'm made up to share that I've signed a contract with Palgrave Macmillan to publish my first book: UNPOSSIBLE HISTORY IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND. As a working-class wool from Merseyside, this is a big deal for me & I'm dead chuffed – cheers!

My profile of Wasfi Kani, the inimitable queen of country house opera, is the cover of this week’s FT Magazine. Run, don't walk!

This is brilliant