The editor of The Sunday Times has lost his keys and is running late. This doesn’t augur well for our interview over breakfast at Café François on Stoney Street, London, a five-minute walk from his office. Everyone I’ve spoken to about Ben Taylor has told me he’s fantastically busy, constantly pressed for time. He has a still-massive paper to edit, all kinds of digital stuff going on, meetings with corporate people, marketing people, contributors, politicians – there’s no end to it. He arrives in an apologetic rush, 20 minutes late, and orders scrambled eggs on toast within 20 seconds of…

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