Conquest of the Useless
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A whistlestop tour through 24 hours of cringe.
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As shortages spread and energy prices 'soar', look forward to more cold comfort from hot takes.
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On cricket, Ofcom, swimming pools and tactical ignorance as the newspaper columnist's greatest tool.
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Some of the worst “terrible stupid bastards” have bylines.
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"Elvis and President Nixon were in the closet making schemes and I saw one of the schemes and the scheme looked at me!
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"Live from the Department of Levelling Up! It's the... shit show!"
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Hadley Freeman's valedictory Guardian Weekend column repeated many of modern column writing's foundational myths.
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The conflicts between ageing figures in traditional media look silly when you consider how new moguls are quietly making millions.
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Having seen GB News crashing and burning on an inglorious loop, Murdoch sees his chance to swoop.
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From Chuckles Chorley to Laura Kuenssberg, ever-ready to regurgitate a government line, the Westminster hacks were over-excited.
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The day Laura Kuenssberg was sent to the burns unit and the true emptiness of British political reporting was revealed once again.
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I am shocked! shocked! that Andrew Neil's ego has finally flung him from GB News and that Michael Gove has a long history of being odious. Who knew? (E…
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