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What’s the idea again?
Sometimes it’s just four guys saying “Wassup?”
Aug 14 • Jack Kessler
Sent to Coventry
The day I was a mascot for Arsenal (and made Steve Bould laugh)
Aug 13 • Jack Kessler
Nothing to declare (apparently)
MPs' staff names have quietly vanished from the Register of Interests
Aug 12 • Jack Kessler
The trick to falling asleep
Be mildly bored
Aug 11 • Jack Kessler
The delightful weirdness of American names
A very biased, very British ranking of Lyndon Johnson's supporting cast
Aug 10 • Jack Kessler
What everyone gets wrong about Latin
Caecilius is WFH again
Aug 7 • Jack Kessler
School fees, stamp duty and a new kitchen
Housing developers will do anything to avoid a headline price reduction
Aug 6 • Jack Kessler
Ask me anything
"Henry, do you drive?"
Aug 5 • Jack Kessler
The 243 to Wood Green
Clubbers, cleaners and the night bus as a state of in-between-ness
Aug 4 • Jack Kessler
Why does Andy Murray want to be a content creator?
Old sportsmen never die; they just start a YouTube channel
Aug 3 • Jack Kessler

July 2026

The 446-page mistake
Ask yourself: is this a salmon farm?
Jul 31 • Jack Kessler
The Ryanair-ification of government
Really, a confession about throat-clearing
Jul 30 • Jack Kessler
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