Opinionated Master of Wine, journalist and photographer. Also tweet about politics, books + music. Citizen of the world. Humanist. Liberal. Catador de auroras.
"You just have to just stumble, you know, for them to trample you to death." Barry Humphries on Australia, The Late Clive James, 1987. #DeadWrongHistory
US-based Bryce Wiatrak MW was the star of the Institute of Masters of Wine’s annual awards ceremony in London last night, taking home three of the seven prizes as the 11 new MWs of 2026 were formally inducted. https://t.co/hz1qhvzf1Z
In one day, two politicians - Bolsonaro in Brazil and Vucic in Serbia - with ties to Trump and his family have lost surprise elections, thanks to high turnout. The rise of the international far-right is not inevitable.
Simon Heffer’s final pars in his review of Liz Truss’ new book.
Of all the best examples of the Westminster unreality machine, where parts of the illiberal metropolitan elite and press build someone up clearly beyond their abilities, she was by far the worst. Zero accountability, of course.