Jeremy Clarkson, patron saint of the Great British bore

H along the 40 in a Porsche Taycan, an electric battery on wheels that seemingly teleports between zero and 60mph, Bagehot thought: this does feel like a horse that had just had a mustard-covered hot dog shoved up its backside. His destination was Diddly Squat, a farm on the edge of the Cotswolds owned by Jeremy Clarkson, television presenter, near-national treasure and coiner of that evocative equine analogy. In barely a decade Mr Clarkson has gone from disgraced “Top Gear” presenter, a man who punched an underling for failing to...