Notes and links - May 31st 2026
Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion: Posh Grandpa is fashion’s new main character
The latest character dressing trend may be a little silly but there’s an off-kilter pleasure in its mellow, vintage vibe

The GuardianJess Cartner-Morley
We had our first Interesting Assemble on Wednesday. The extraordinary Dr Helen Castor joined us to expand on her talk from Interesting in 2016. Fantastic questions from the assembled audience which Helen fielded with deep expertise. Dave 'Funkypancake' Simpson is doing the next one, on October 29th. It&
Another episode of I Saw This And Thought Of You has hit the airwaves with the esteemed Julia Whitney. Come for the RISD nostalgia, stay for the metrological eyebrow raising.
I came across this post from Ben G and thought I'd try to do something similar. If I've done things right then there will be something at the bottom of this post inviting you to like or comment on bluesky and mastodon. If you could like