In today’s newsletter: Amid growing optimism that a deal to release Hamas hostages is back on, a former Israeli peace negotiator talks about what each side gets out of it
Can you be working class if you were driven to school in a Rolls-Royce? In the recent Netflix documentary about David Beckham, he challenges his wife Victoria’s claim to be working class in a style reminiscent of Jeremy Paxman going at a cabinet minister.
DEBORA ROBERTSON: We live in a world where the old rules no longer count. Very few still care if you use fish knives or whether you say napkin or serviette, sofa or couch, loo or toilet.