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relationships

Introducing: The Dickhead Chef Boyfriend

Are their knife skills hot? Yes. Will they drag you down to Hell’s kitchen and then say they’re not looking for anything serious? You bet.
Eloise Hendy
2.1.24

The Dark Room Boom

From big in the 70s to shut down in the 80s, UK queer clubs are now experiencing a new wave of gay sex-positivity.
Nick Levine
9.13.23
sex and relationships

Introducing: The Polyamorous Fuckboy

The classic fuckboys of the past are now hiding under a cloak of terms like “relationship anarchy” and "non-monogamy".
Dani Ran
11.23.22
Food

Introducing: The Gourmand

Does your friend know far too much about sous vide, Japanese knives and the hottest small plate restaurants in town for their own good?
Nick Thompson
3.23.22
summer

Thank God Summer Is Over

Time to give up, eat soup, and ride out the rest of the year watching a perfectly middling TV show about murder.
Emma Garland
10.14.21
Social Media

Gen Z Are Already Nostalgic for 2014

It may have only been seven years ago, but the days of American Apparel tennis skirts and Tumblr are already being romanticised online.
Serena Smith
2.8.21
Money

What the Way You Spend Money Says About You

Are you a Bitcoin babe or a risk-taking cash splasher?
Ryan Bassil
2.5.21
Social Media

What Your Selfie Says About You

Selfies say more than just "here is my face".
Daisy Jones
1.21.21
2020

Everyone Was a Dick This Year, Except For Me, Who Was Good

Shaming people for going on walks while on a walk, clapping for the NHS but voting Tory – hypocrites were rife in 2020.
Iona David
12.30.20
2020

An A-Z of All the Things We Lost in 2020

From casual sex to J.K. Rowling's reputation, here's a list of things destroyed by one of the most eventful years on record.
Emma Garland
12.29.20
2020

This Is the Year That Time Lost All Meaning

How our relationship to time in 2020 has affected the way we consume pop culture.
Emma Garland
12.23.20
Introducing

Introducing: The Worst Guy Ever

Or, how the 'Infinite Jest'-loving, Bukowski-worshipping fuckboy is an internet bogeyman.
Polly Smythe
12.11.20
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