Starting a new job as head of national news on Monday so this is my last newsletter. Scroll to the bottom to see my dog getting baked www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

First Edition is about how the extremely online right seeded the ‘Boriswave’ conversation, and why they’re basically the Miranda Priestlys of contemporary politics. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

I wrote about the Vylanising of the Gaza discourse, and what happens if you keep telling people things they can see aren’t true. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

On today’s podcast, @archiebland.bsky.social talks about the day his son, Max, stopped breathing, and learning to advocate for a disabled child. This episode brims with love as well as rage at an ableist world and it was an honour to be trusted with Max’s story www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...

The great Today In Focus team of @helenpidd.bsky.social @alexatack.bsky.social and @samikent.bsky.social made an episode about Max and did him proud. You can listen to it here: www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...

I wrote for the Guardian’s Saturday magazine about my son Max, who changed how I see the world. Took ages. More jokes after the first bit. Thanks Merope Mills for being the most patient and generous editor. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

You may have seen the recent fury over @Motability : how ‘sickfluencers’ are helping ‘bedwetting boy racers’ get ‘50-grand Mercs’ for free. This is basically a myth, and its laundering into the mainstream is an object lesson in How Things Work Now. Thread follows.