Gregg Wallace has been criticised by charities and commentators after linking fresh allegations of misconduct to his autism diagnosis.

Following dozens more allegations against him, including inappropriate sexual comments and groping, the presenter posted on Instagram that he had been diagnosed with autism, but that his managers had failed to "investigate my disability" or "protect me" from a "dangerous environment".

'Not a free pass'
Wallace's approach "may make sense to his lawyers", said Jessie Hewitson in The i Paper, but for the public and the "autistic community" it will "go down like a lead balloon".

Hewitson, who is autistic, doesn't agree with Wallace's statement because, while companies like the BBC should "support" their neurodivergent employees, it "isn't a free pass" to behave badly and could "lead some people to make an association" between autism and "inappropriate" workplace behaviour.

It "shouldn't need pointing out", said Victoria Richards in The Independent, but "demonising an entire group" as "common perpetrators" of inappropriate behaviour "only stigmatises us further". Neurodivergent people "know right from wrong" in the workplace just as well as neurotypical people.

In fact, most neurodivergent people "spend so much time masking" – or struggling to act "normal" around other people – that they are "hyper-aware" of "social norms and situations".

'Opportunities were missed'
A report on the behaviour of the former presenter has substantiated 45 allegations made against him, including claims of inappropriate sexual language and one incident of unwelcome physical contact.

The BBC confirmed Wallace would not be returning and admitted "opportunities were missed" to deal with his conduct.

But employers legally need to offer some measure of support to neurodivergent employees, said Samantha Dickinson, equality and diversity partner at law firm Mayo Wynne Baxter, on Personnel Today, even if their behaviour is "socially awkward".

"Autism doesn't excuse harm, but it does demand understanding. That's not an indulgence. It's the law."

Ultimately, the Wallace case shows "there's no substitute for managers or board members actually managing", said Gaby Hinsliff in The Guardian. By "drawing red lines around what is acceptable, and then enforcing it from top to bottom", it is possible to ensure "everyone – no matter how senior or junior, how good or bad at reading a room – knows where they stand".

Bangkok has outperformed Paris and Lima with six entries in the world's top 50 restaurants listing, sealing "its reputation as an international capital of fine dining", said The Times.

It is the first time the Thai capital, better known for its "cheap and cheerful street food", has had more entries than any other in the World's 50 Best Restaurants 2025, considered the "most influential rankings of its kind" in the culinary industry.

The "quiet revolution" that has reshaped Asian fine dining is "one rooted not in trends, but in tradition", said Sasha Mariposa in Tatler. Its top restaurants have gained acclaim through their use of "heirloom ingredients and ancestral techniques", drawing on "centuries-old knowledge" to craft "elegant and evocative" dishes.

Potong, ranked at 13 and given the Highest New Entry Award, is run by Pichaya "Pam" Soontornyanakij, the first Asian to win the title of the World's Best Female Chef by the panel, said Harriet Cooper in The World's 50 Best. The restaurant is located in what was "once her family's ancestral traditional Chinese medicine pharmacy", where she weaves her heritage into a "progressive Thai-Chinese menu" through an "immersive" journey that incorporates the philosophy of the "five elements and five senses".

Gaggan, sixth on the list, was already "crowned" best restaurant in the region by the Asia's 50 Best Restaurants list in March, said Bloomberg. Chef Gaggan Anand's "multisensory" dining experience provides 22 courses of "Indian-accented cuisine" and incorporates music and imagery to produce a "wildly innovative" experience.

Bangkok is "on a roll in the world of fine dining", as other restaurants from the area included on the list were: Sorn (No. 17), Sühring (No. 22), Le Du (No. 30) and Nusara (No. 35). 

The 1970s work ethic could serve us well now
Libby Purves in The Times
The 1970s was "my first decade at work", writes Libby Purves, and there was a "consensus" then that it was "weird, and a bit shaming, not to earn your way". Today, the "assumption that work is an essential dignity has eroded". The blame may lie with technology or with "too 'free' a market, treating human workers as units on a profitable spreadsheet". But the "vanishing work ethic costs us, and doesn't seem to make us happier".

Fussy eaters have terrorised restaurants. Don't let them wreak havoc in church
William Sitwell in The Telegraph
Sunday mornings are "hectic" for Church of England parish priests, writes William Sitwell. And now, on top of "dealing with declining attendance, rudderless leadership, poverty, leaking roofs" and the "culture clash of modernity and tradition", they must "cater for varying dietary requirements". Pressure is growing for gluten-free communion wafers and alcohol-free wine but I would ask the "intolerant" to "ease the burdens" on priests and either "risk it, or just take a blessing".

Summertime sadness is a real thing
Jemima Kelly in the Financial Times
I adore the idea of summer, writes Jemima Kelly, but "in reality, it can be more complicated". It can "bring a deep sense of melancholy" and "heightened anxiety". We "look forward" to it "all year" but "when it comes, we are often too worried about its ending" to "properly enjoy it". And, for those who "can't bear the heat", there's "nothing quite so miserable as feeling unhappy when we are meant to be feeling good".