10 Smashing Spells, 8 June 2025

Brilliant men, great reviews, perfect Smash Hits cover stars for 2025 and the power of friendships across an eighty year divide

Half-term and the week that followed was a riot of Hay hosting, cross-country travelling, child wrangling, scripting and, sadly, obituary-writing, of which more soon. Back to regular service here on Substack today, plus from this week, paid subscribers will get a mid-week culture blast, plus a topical piece of mine from the archives. But for now, here a…