Just leave me to my basic b***h pumpkin spice latte, ok? September 30, 2024 We are well into Starbucks pumpkin spice latte season and I for one will be openly celebrating this seasonal joy, says Lauren Potts Nothing seems to irk certain corners of the internet more than the humble pumpkin spice latte (PSL). The sneering usually comes from a certain type of person – mostly coffee snobs and boomers [...]
Donald Trump is wrong: AI is NOT a threat to speechwriting September 30, 2024 “He goes click, click, click, and like 15 seconds later he shows me my speech, written so beautifully.” This is Donald Trump on Logan Paul’s podcast, describing his first encounter with ChatGPT. “I’ve never seen anything like it. And so quickly… It’s a little bit scary… So one industry I think that will be gone [...]
Has Linkedin lost the plot? September 27, 2024 Over on Linkedin, people are exposing their nether-region-nasties purely for engagement, and that cannot be an expression of a healthy society
Sally Rooney Intermezzo review: Normal People author’s shift to the male perspective comes at a cost September 19, 2024 Moody men take the spotlight in Sally Rooney's Intermezzo, leaving the women as martyrs in the process, writes Anna Moloney.
England fast bowler Tom Curran on what he’d eat for his last meal August 16, 2024 England international Tom Curran, currently playing in the Hundred, picks out the dishes he’d eat for his last supper on earth, from an entire breakfast to a gooey chocolate fondant. I grew up from the age of six in Zimbabwe so we ate a lot of meat and spent a lot of time cooking on [...]
Fra Fee on BBC Pride month drama Lost Boys & Fairies: ‘It’s Heartstopper for adults’ June 11, 2024 Meet Fra Fee, the star of the BBC's brilliant Pride month drama
I hate beach resorts. So I spent a week at one in Sharm El-Sheikh. June 9, 2024 I hate beach resorts - can spending a week in one change my mind?
Psychogeography: How to reclaim the urban environment June 9, 2024 On its most basic level, ‘psychogeography’ is a rather grand term for exploring how urban spaces make us feel.
London’s fox ambulance does exactly what it says. We meet the team. June 9, 2024 Trevor Williams once shared a stage with some of the biggest bands ever to pick up a guitar – now he rescues urban foxes with The Fox Project
Washed away: The strange, nostalgic world of public swimming pools June 8, 2024 The swimming pool is a place of both solitude and community, a strange human ritual practised from Manchester to Montpellier and New Delhi