More speculation on that vacant Evening Standard editorship. Critics said that Monkey's previous shortlist (Sands, Hatfield, McElvoy) was way too short to be fun. Which is true. Other names circulating amongst the lower floors of Derry Street include the engaging Matthew d'Ancona, the Conservative columnist with an impeccably connected Labour wife. D'Ancona was, of course, editor of the Spectator for three-and-a-half years, but left rather abruptly in 2009, which surprised a few. Dylan Jones, the sometimes bespectacled GQ editor, is also on this particular list. Jones has edited GQ since the stone ages, which turns out to be 1999, so he must be bored. Plus, he's a magazine editor, as was the outgoing Geordie, which is conclusive in its way. Then again, do the Russians want a Tory? Cameron may be in power, Boris may hang on, but what are the Lebedev's own politics. Having spent face time with Lebedev senior, Monkey is still struggling to know.
