I completely agree with this paragraph in Giles Coren’s column about department stores. Going out is the point

Hello thrifty reading friends, my book is 99p on Kindle, so why not “invest”? Look!

Don’t try and make us call Trump Daddy. Just… don’t

I love Andy Murray but this is the dullest quote ever. Love that The Guardian think it’s worth putting on the front page

Amazing headline from the Mail here. Did Le Pen embezzle EU money to fund British art? Or is the Mail using AI subs?

What a headline from The Times. If this isn’t AI subbing, someone needs a new job

When I use those standard stainless steel tea pots that you get in every normal caff, I always think, These are everywhere, but they pour so shitely. It’s impossible to pour them without them spilling. Who decided these were the teapots to use?

Hello friends, I’m at Foyles Charing Cross Road TONITE 6-8pm with loads of far more important authors, selling and signing books, if you fancy it. Rupert Everett! Rick Astley! India Knight! Charlie Porter! Jenny Eclair! Dolly Alderton! Susie Dent! Jonn Blimmin Elledge! Come along, do!

Old school

Hello friends, and especially PAPER CUTS podcast friends, this is a reminder we’re doing a livestream tomorrow night 7pm with me @jonnelledge.bsky.social and @jacobjarv.bsky.social so bang in some questions to me or @papercutsshow.bsky.social xx

Yes yes SNOW but I interviewed Michael Palin for @guardianlive last night and my cockles are still well warm

Call me basic, but I am excited about this