The Royal Family have agreed to pay income tax to the British state, and King Charles III has revealed that he has paid £12.9 million in tax for the year 2024-25. This is far more than any tourist guide will pay and reflects the fact that Charles is one of the richest people to have occupied the throne of the United Kingdom.

On a cold, windy night, I am leaving Soho. Outside, I pause to check my messages (as tourist guides should always do), and that is when it happens. For an instant, I feel a shove, sharp enough to make me step back…but when I turn, there is no one there. Except him. He is already halfway down Great Pulteney Street, slipping into a wrought iron doorway I swear was not open a moment ago.

The ancient DNA project connected to Winchester Cathedral is one of those rare historical investigations that feels almost unreal when you first hear about it. Hidden high above the cathedral chancel are a series of painted wooden mortuary chests which are believed to contain the bones of some of the most important people from Anglo-Saxon England.