The breakthrough in nuclear fusion at the Lawrence Livermore laboratory in California is “potentially the biggest news of the decade”, says Megan McArdle in The Washington Post. Of course, we need to treat the announcement with caution. Although scientists did achieve “ignition” – a reaction that produced more energy than it absorbed – it required “an array of 192 lasers so huge that the building where they’re housed is 10 storeys high”. And the energy surplus doesn’t factor in what it took to build and operate this mega-laser array. Clearly, abundant power that’s “too cheap to meter” is a long way off. But this is still a huge deal.

“Harry and Meghan embody my silly generation,” says Tim Stanley in The Daily Telegraph. They obsess about “identity” and accuse the media of bias for pointing out that their Netflix documentary is “packed with disputed claims”. Their endless introspection is meant to be a victory over “toxic masculinity” and the “prison of British reserve”. It’s the same madness that says football managers have to double as therapists and politicians should “feel our pain”. What rot. Self-control used to be celebrated. Older generations kept working as doctors, despite the long hours and low pay, because “the world needs doctors”. Meghan and Harry ran away to America to spend more time looking after themselves, telling anyone who’ll listen “how hard it was living in that palace”.