Jimmy Kimmel's opening monologue last week was a tour de force. After his show was reinstated, he said cancelling comedians was fundamentally un-American. He talked about the need to end division and the stoking of hatred. And turning to Trump's victory lap when the show was axed, Kimmel accused the president of revelling in hundreds of staff losing their livelihoods because he couldn't take a joke.
It is too soon to talk of turning points, says Jon Sopel but this is a massive victory for Kimmel and – arguably – Trump's biggest domestic defeat since returning to office. Will it embolden the once mighty titans of corporate America who've become timorous wee beasties? Whatever happens, Sopel says, this feels like a moment. Read his analysis here.
Another big Trump turnaround moment also came as he calledthe Russian army 'a paper tiger' – and mocked Putin's poor economy, while also acknowledging their increasing activity in foreign airspace. This is what some analysts call "Russophrenia" – paradoxical belief that Russia is collapsing economically and militarily and is about to implode – but simultaneously also represents a deadly strategic threat to the Baltics and Nato. Logically, both cannot be true at the same time, so Owen Matthews looked at what likelihood is there of Putin turning on the most powerful military alliance in the world?
Meanwhile, at home Iain Dale, the veteran broadcaster, commentator and writer, said that Farage – who talked about migrants eating swans last week – was incapable of even appearing prime ministerial and that Reform UK seemed to have gone "a little bit bonkers". If Dale is correct, it flies in the face of the latest polling, which shows that Farage is on track to become our next prime minister – rocketing the number of his MPs from just five to 311. Yet, asks Alan Rusbridger, who could disagree that, on the form of the past two weeks, Reform and its leader have indeed gone a little nuts? Read Rusbridger's analysis here.
And if that is all making you want to have a stiff drink, I wouldn't blame you, but you also might want to think again. Polly Vernon spoke to some of the leading scientists for her book on how the female body works, and this weekend goes back to what they told her in light of new research that says there is no "safe level of drinking". What, not even just one glass of red with a meal? She's not saying don't have it – but maybe read her piece on alcohol being a neurotoxin first.
Meanwhile, Jim White, looks at Wayne Rooney's own battles with the booze after he confessed to his old team-mate Rio Ferdinand how bad things had really got. Read his piece on Rooney's epic struggles with body image and the bottle, and how his wife Colleen has been dealing with them for 20 years.
As Autumn blows in and you enjoy cosy nights in front of the telly once again, you might be watching the new Netflix show House of Guinness. If so, take a peak at this interview with Ivana Lowell. Born into the Guinness dynasty, she tells Julia Llewellyn Smith about her chaotic and traumatic childhood and how she hopes she has finally broken the Guinness curse.
Until next weekend!
Victoria Harper
Assistant Editor (Premium)
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