I’m of the opinion that an overriding interest in ‘porn’ of any kind (I love the way we use the affectionate diminutive about something which ruins so many lives – like calling him ‘Fred’ West) isn’t especially good for the long-term happiness of people. But of course some sorts are worse than others. At the top, you’d have child pornography; at the bottom, property porn.

The two find an odd union in the life of India Knight, the un-cancellable Sunday Times nepo-baby hack (her stepfather was editor of the Economist ) who has been delighting us for decades, though not perhaps in the way she believes. Highlights of her brilliant career – while posing as an arbiter of gracious living and civilised discourse – must be accusing a fellow hack of masturbating cats and standing by her man

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