Ed McConnell

Daniel Kinahan, one of the most powerful cocaine traffickers in the world, has been arrested in Dubai. Last year, Ed Caesar wrote about how Kinahan commanded a billion-dollar empire from the U.A.E.—while living a strikingly public life. newyorker.com/magazine/2025/…

Just a guy, drinking alone on a Friday night, watching Bristol Gloucester purely for the scrum battle between Genge and Fasogbon

Friday

I’m not sure Starmer saying it’s ‘staggering’ he wasn’t told about Mandelson’s failed vetting is the defence he thinks it is

Bloke gets on the train and straight on the phone: “Hello mate, thought I’d call you first as I have had six missed calls from six people.” No, no, no. Criminalise train phone calls.

Interesting juxtaposition in this morning's NYT newsletter...

prat summer

A fantastic case study in why video intros should be brought back. 👇

Life without Gentleman's Relish telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2026/0…

Your da drinks in the Lidl local

An FT correction for the ages...

Dear Neighbour, sorry you weren’t at home when we called to tell you the world is about to end. I actually was, which makes me question the commitment to delivering the message. Arguably worse than Yodel

Hello, Moon. It’s great to be back. Here’s a taste of what the Artemis II astronauts photographed during their flight around the Moon. Check out more photos from the mission: nasa.gov/artemis-ii-mul…

Expecting government fiasco story in July when they realise they only blocked Kanye and forgot about Ye

Make new friends, but keep the old. A new photo captures the Moon's near side on the right (the side we see from Earth, identifiable by its dark splotches) and its far side on the left. The Artemis II crew are the first to see the far side with human eyes.

Fair

The real question for the Met regarding the Sadiq Khan guns fiasco is who owns this lighter… and is it standard issue?

If only they had Wetherspoon

@sturgios First sensible thing he’s said all decade

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Peak New York Times has been achieved, with a spectacular @knobblymonsters @secondmentions for good measure: ‘the heavily topped tubers’