Five Great Reads: trains not planes, a social media detox and some hot priests

You might wish you lived in a place very far from all further mention of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex – but Marina Hyde’s take is great! Photograph: Francis Dias/NewsPix International

Good morning, I’m back. Christmas is coming, it’s been a big week of news, and there’s just one more World Cup match left (Messi v Mbappé, very early Monday). But for now, the weekend stretches luxuriously ahead.

Here are some of our best recent reads: bookmark them (or print out this email, if you like hard copies/hate trees) for the next time you catch yourself with a spare few minutes, staring into space over your toast …