In this week’s Spectator:

Toadstools running wild

For this week only, Hart are selling my book at a 30% discount, for £17.49. It’s a steal! Head over to Hart’s website to order it.

This is now out in the world:

A lot of fun being back at the House of Lords Constitution Committee this morning giving evidence (aka my spring statement) about the rule of law.

It exists—well, in typescript. My book, On the Law of Speaking Freely, is written. All being well Hart will publish it in the spring.

I stole this from X. If social platforms were pubs:

A wee break from book-editing to ramble on the hills behind my house, on a rare clear and bright day

One for those interested in the future of broadcasting. It’s been apparent for a long time that GB News are preparing the ground for a big legal showdown with Ofcom as to whether UK broadcasting regulation is consistent with free speech norms. It looks like it’s coming:

Out walking on a rare good day to end a miserably wet Scottish August—from the hills that overlook my village

This is my favourite book of the year’s reading so far: a nuanced, thoughtful and in some places immensely sad book reflecting on the good, the bad, the necessary, and the ugly of what passes under the umbrella term, “cancel culture” …