I wrote about my obsession with Marco Pierre White, in this week’s issue of The Spectator. spectator.co.uk/article/my-m…

Average 1990s magazine cover: David Hockney on pet passports for Frank Johnson’s Spectator

PALANTIR DERANGEMENT SYNDROME: the latest Spectator World cover, now gone to press. @William_Blake writes the cover story — link below. Doodles by me.

A million eyeballs, all of them HOOKED. Congratulations to the team @oscaredmondson_ @meganmcelr0y @NatashaFeroze @ReleaseGibbons

What happened to Gibraltar? I went to the Rock for @dispatch__media, and people kept telling me that they live under a dictatorship…

Every so often, a fashionable new concept is born. Witness the arrival of 'matrescence', which, for the uninitiated, is a phrase used to describe the physical, psychological, emotional and social transition a woman undergoes when becoming a mother. Or, as my mother and grandmother would have put it, and perhaps yours too: motherhood. 'Matrescence' first appeared in the 1970s, coined by the medical anthropologist Dana Raphael, but it seems to be reaching maturity now. Adverts splashed across the back page of the New York Times make the case for the inclusion of the word in the dictionary. A 'global movement' is being launched (by a social networking site for women and a company that sells baby bottles) to put matrescence on the cultural map. 'When we don't name what happens to women, we don't study it. We don't fund it. We don't support it.' ✍️ Lara Prendergast Article | spectator.com/article/beware…

I observed Willie Dalrymple for @spectator

He’s really quite thick, I’m afraid.

Gracing the front pages of the Times, the Guardian and the Daily Mail. @spectator first with the news again

Can our fish and chips survive?? England's chippies are getting battered dispatch-media.com/englands-…

Also features some Martin Parr-inspired photography from Alexander Rogers:

Angus is one of the most exciting young food writers around. For the past few weeks he’s been exploring the length of England for this fantastic feature on the slow death of fish and chips. Make some time for it. 👇

England’s chippies are getting battered. In Scarborough — the capital of fish and chips — the Iran war, soaring fuel costs and dwindling fish stocks have sent prices soaring. So why do chippy owners keep frying? @AngusColwell reports: 👇

What should gents wear in the heat? The phrase ‘stiff upper lip’ was invented for this sartorial dilemma, according to Spectator columnist Philip Womack. Megan McElroy asked some of Westminster's finest, most fashionable men for their summer style tips. With thanks to Michael Gove, James Heale, Gawain Towler, William Atkinson and Christopher Hope. Read more | spectator.com/article/what-s… @michaelgove | @JAHeale | @GHWTowler | @christopherhope | @meganmcelroyyy | @WomackPhilip

a very good guide to eating in westminster by former colleague & lunch companion @AngusColwell anguscolwell.substack.com/p/…

Where to eat lunch in Westminster – useful, but sad that there is no option that is more than decent. anguscolwell.substack.com/p/…

Surprised by this omission, given his form, status as one of the leaders in the group, his work in both boxes, the benefit with set-pieces, plus he didn’t mind a substitute role, and has been so good for the togetherness of the group. Feel for Harry Maguire on a personal level. He has risen above so much hate, abuse, and being written off with grace and a steely mentality. A player that lifts his head instead of dropping it.