Benedict Spence

What should go in the Brexit museum

5 April 2021 3:01 pm

Have you ever wondered what happened to Boris Johnson’s Brexit bus? One might think such a large, controversial item would…

The art of the public apology

17 March 2021 5:00 pm

If your genetic code survived the Pleistocene epoch, and prospered sufficiently that you find yourself reading this, I feel I…

The sad decline of The Simpsons

28 February 2021 6:00 pm

In the latest episode of ‘Americans Do the Funniest Things,’ it has emerged that The Simpsons is to replace the…

Carrie Symonds and the cult of rewilding

6 February 2021 6:01 pm

Carrie Symonds is to join the Aspinall Foundation as its new head of communications, in a move very much on-brand…

Diego Maradona, a god of football

26 November 2020 6:26 pm

Argentina has announced three days of national mourning after the death of Diego Maradona. Take a second and think about…

It’s not just hooligans – hipsters also love a football shirt

19 October 2019 9:00 am

When I was young, from about the age of nine to 13, I went through what my parents recall with…