Stop, Look, Listen: Judi Dench, Derek Jarman and Coil, authors that irritate, immobilise then win you over, cannonballs and homeschooled girls, more Kirsty, some Peter

[Literally typing this in a Waitrose café at speed while my son has a half-term piano lesson around the corner. Rock and roll, isn’t it. Let’s go…]

I introduced my son – now fully obsessed with Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts – to one of her support bands for her US tour, The Breeders. The Breeders! It gives me no end of pleasure that one of the biggest pop stars …