“27 November: A call from [BBC] Radio 4 for my views on assisted dying. Answer: too near to the unassisted type to be keen on it.”

In these uncertain and unsettling days (and outside of them, for that matter): Alan Bennett is truly a British national treasure.

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/mar/08/enough-said-alan-bennett-new-diaries-exclusive-extract-90th-year

‘I feel I am not yet grown up’: Alan Bennett’s diary of his 90th year

He got stuck in the bath and met the queen. But despite a few wobbles and procedures, the author still can’t believe his age

The Guardian