After a period during which it seemed clouds fed to bursting with political and criminal storms could not wait to discharge themselves over Fleet Street, it’s good to have a happy tale. Amol Rajan, a Calcutta-born Cambridge graduate, cricket lover and foodie, has become the Independent’s new editor. He’s the youngest British newspaper editor in 20 years, and the second non-white Fleet Street editor ever. At 29, were he a footballer, Rajan would arguably be at the peak of his international career—wise yet spry, fearless yet experienced. “It’s totally and utterly exhilarating,” he says. “And while it may sound a bit trite, I do have this sense of humility.”