I wasn’t planning to write about what’s trending today, but Tom Bower kept popping up – so here we are.
It’s a reminder that the internet isn’t one conversation – it’s thousands happening at once.
What I saw people linking to
- ‘I, too, get to make mistakes’ — how Meghan put herself first (The Times)
- Harry and Meghan accuse royal author of 'deranged conspiracy' (BBC)
- ‘Toxic’ and ‘tone-deaf’: This exposé is a feverish attack on Meghan (The Telegraph)
One article that felt like the ‘starter pistol’ was ‘‘I, too, get to make mistakes’ — how Meghan put herself first’ on The Times. It was enough to send me down a quick research spiral.
Seeing those headlines helped me understand why Tom Bower is trending today ‘ it’s not just random curiosity; it’s people trying to piece together the same moment from different angles.
I noticed my own reaction first: curiosity, then scepticism, then the urge to fact-check.
If you want to peek at the trend card yourself, here’s the source link I started from: https://trends.google.com/trending/rss?geo=GB
What I’m trying to do (for my own sanity) is split the topic into three quick questions:
- What is it? (the plain-English version)
- Why do people care right now? (the ‘what just happened?’ angle)
- What does it say about the moment? (the vibe check)
Even without perfect answers, that little framework usually gets me from ‘huh?’ to ‘okay, I get it.’
Thanks for letting me think out loud about Tom Bower.
Posted: Thursday, 19 March 2026
The strangest part is how quickly we adapt – the extraordinary becomes normal in a few scrolls.