Arthur Snell
@snellarthur
Writer, podcaster and former diplomat. Buy my book👇 If you don't want to buy my book, you could buy me a coffee👇
It’s hard to imagine the circumstances in which one could have an unnoticed bowel movement “behind a sheet at a dinner party in the corner of the room”. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/m...
GOP Senators receive assurances that the Trump IRS immunity is only a little bit corrupt.
It tells you something about relative journalistic values that @thespectator1828.bsky.social published a superficial, whitewashing defence of the Tate brothers and @newyorker.com published an indepth investigative takedown.
I have written a meteorology bestseller. This comes as something of a surprise.
Yes you read that right. Austria thinks its Russian laundrobank should be compensated for lost *future earnings* if sanctions prevent it staying there.
Funny when, although Kane is undoubtedly a great footballer, the England player who had the most impact in this match was Jude Bellingham. I wonder what about Kane excited Trump so much?🤔
I love the earnestness of Swedish academics complaining that Eastern Vikings were more likely to be oarsmen than Western. Meanwhile, Norway is in the round of 16, the smallest country (by population) to be so (unless Cape Verde beats Argentina?!).
Labour can threaten a £10k charge on migrants and still it’s never enough for the hard right. Perhaps there’s a lesson here? 🤔
Supreme Court does not “halt Trump push” but just closes off one current avenue.
In her later years she would bomb around lanes in Gloucestershire in a yellow MG, with MAD on its number plate. Riding in her car was what you might call a formative experience. Unsurprisingly for someone with this life story she could be obstinate. But she was, basically, a legend. RIP
Quite a lot of people lost someone, maybe an elderly relative, during the heatwave. My Aunt Barbara, very ill with advanced dementia, died yesterday aged 91. She was unmarried, no kids and I had been taking care of her affairs for the past few years. That’s the least interesting thing about her. 1
Jesus. Had no idea. He’s 4 years younger than me! Fascism really ages you.
No idea if I have many German speaking followers, but this is now out and looking very handsome.
It’s always a surprise to me that such a cynical and unlovely man as Mandelson has such good taste in dogs. You’d expect him to have a Shi Tzu or a Pug, not a proper dog.
Delighted to be performing at Nevill Holt Festival on 13 June - join me there. Set in a truly picture-perfect location in Leicestershire, the Festival brings together an incredible breadth of events. Head to nevillholtfestival.com for tickets.
And another one - this time near Hungerford, Berkshire on 15 June. With the brilliant @hannahluci.bsky.social and Will Wintercross in aid of the Syrian Refugee Relief Fund.
The news that Bridgwater is the home of Carnival will come as something of a surprise to my Trinbagonian friends. 🇹🇹
Does anyone know of a version of these graphs with the latest results ?