Interesting. I like Syed’s writing and find him on the money and genuinely insightful on most things (especially politics - his column on Sunday was excellent). No idea what he’s like as a person. I liked Barnes and love Atherton’s writing. But Samuels is a News of The World hack who reckons...
I’m a Times subscriber and you could say that about all his articles. Odd guy who (in my opinion) is also a very bad writer. He is as bad at writing about football as Atherton is brilliant at writing about cricket.