Diary

'My concentration seems to be shot this year for anything except work. I have entirely failed to learn a new language, finish a novel, or watch anything more demanding than repeats of

“It’s been quite the month for the Gender Critical community”

‘I have barely worn trousers for five months now. In the Zoom era no-one sees below the fifth button of your shirt. You could get away with wearing nothing at all’

‘The illusion of control that dictatorships offer is just that. They promise their acolytes eternal life in exchange for silence. But silence is expensive’

'As I have now discovered, moving a life-size marble statue is a complicated and expensive business'

'The Today Programme will survive John Humphrys leaving but will we all survive the death of the right to make poor jokes?'