You might already know French summer basics like sorbet or Perrier, but this heat elevates the need for cooling-related words to next level

What we really learned from these Olympics is how confidence and ability are the most gorgeous combination on Earth

"Slow boats and quiet roads, where you set your satnav to avoid the crowds, and meander towards your destination as languidly as if you really had injected yourself with horse tranquiliser."

Let us hope it’s a recurring one, that haunts him all the way back to his Florida gold taps.

"Worse than privatising the weather is politicising the weather. Weather doesn’t recognise political borders; if a storm is making its way across an ocean, meteorologists from elsewhere tend to phone ahead and share information."

I've seen nine prime ministers while living in Britain, Starmer is the tenth to move into Number 10

"There was so much Irish talent on show this year, from Annie Mac to Fontaines DC, The Mary Wallopers to Newdad. My personal highlights were Sprints and Kneecap — future headliners, viscerally refreshing, blasting us with furious joy"

"Whatever happened to old-school fan culture like those teenage Beatles fans who peed themselves in excitement, ripped the seats out of venues, flung themselves on moving vehicles and rioted?"

"...when a population has genuine grievances, it creates a perfect breeding ground for fake-ass populists to proliferate like fungus in the fridge, with their soundbites and their scapegoating and their social media savvy..."

"The room juddered with Gadd’s adrenaline, its audience mesmerised, horrified, our held breath punctuated with an occasional gasp of laughter."