I am so beyond delighted to have won the 2024 Stern-Bryan fellowship. If and when the state of disbelief wears off, all US tips welcome! I cannot wait to get stuck in at the The Washington Post over the summer 🇺🇸

'Real security isn’t destroying your neighbour, it’s getting on with your neighbour' - someone should really tell Jeremy Corbyn about his 'friends' running Gaza theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Dreadful news - easily the best coffee in SW1, somewhere I’ve visited at least weekly for over a decade. The toasted paninis were divine and staff always very friendly.

This afternoon, join Onward, Digital Minister Julia Lopez MP, John Dickie, James Fredrickson and Sophie Greaves to debate how the UK can improve the digital economy.

📅Tuesday 23rd April
⏰15.00-16.00
📍One Great George Street
📹Watch online: youtube.com/watch?v=7GXjui…

How many politicians does it take to rebuild a bridge?

My City A.M. column this week is on state capacity - why it matters, how we've lost it, and why the big debate on the centre-right should be how to get it back
cityam.com/if-our-politic…

.Ed Cumming (have I tagged the right one) will make your Friday with this the-fence.com/kolae-london-r…

🏛️ Only two names matter for May 2nd's local elections: Andy Street and Ben Houchen.

Whether two of Britain's best mayors can win third terms will dictate politics for the rest of 2024 — and well beyond.

Latest i newspaper column inews.co.uk/opinion/only-t…

I reviewed The Tortured Poets Department for the The Irish Times

Mania set to synths; more venomous than ever. But the true soul of The Tortured Poets is neither its misery nor its anger, but its optimism

irishtimes.com/culture/music/…

sorry but this is nuts

Opinion | Only two names will matter in the May elections

The rest of 2024 will be defined by whether Tory mayors Andy Street and Ben Houchen win third terms

🖋 Sebastian Payne trib.al/ovRokBX

🍰 This week on the Onward cake trolley: raspberry cheese cake from the Royal Artesian Bakery.

This looked beguiling from the outside, but turned out to be too much too quickly with a crazy design. Frosty reception across the office.

Team Onward rating: 6.9/10.

On the day that Sadiq Khan announces an extension to his universal free school meals pledge, here's my recent City A.M. piece on why subsidies for middle class parents are a bad use of scarce public funds. Our energy should focussed on those most in need. cityam.com/free-school-me…

Yes and yes

Don’t miss Small Business Minister Kevin Hollinrake MP, Arvinda, Victoria Papworth, Gary Stott and Poppy Simister-Thomas discussing the impact social enterprises can have on our economy📈

⏰13.30-14.30
📅Tuesday 16th April
📍Central Westminster
🎟️Register: ukonward.com/events/the-pro…

😠 The Cass Review is a landmark moment not only for bringing sense to the trans debate, but also for cutting through the culture wars.

Just like the recent EDI review, it shows how data and hard evidence creates better policy.

Latest i newspaper column inews.co.uk/opinion/answer…

😠 The Cass Review is a landmark moment not only for bringing sense to the trans debate, but also for cutting through the culture wars.

Just like the recent EDI review, it shows how data and hard evidence creates better policy.

Latest i newspaper column inews.co.uk/opinion/answer…