The Verdict
Stop counting your books and start actually reading them, you heathens
The raw number of books a person reads doesn’t tell you much about their general level of intelligence.
- David Free
Latest
Justice for Jacob: The awards the academy is too cowardly to give
We need rich and beautiful celebrities to be mildly humiliated for our viewing pleasure.
- Jenna Guillaume
- Opinion
- Spectrum
Wordle is for dummies. Play this word game instead
I laugh at your cute little five-letter word puzzles, and I raise you Contexto.
- Robert Moran
If you only watch one event during these Winter Olympics, make it this one
It is inelegant, it is treacherous and it is joyfully unproblematic.
- Mali Cornish
Why are we paying hundreds to answer ‘what’s your job’?
The rise of the crowd-work comic: because thinking of a second joke is just too much effort.
- Luke Heggie
Minimalism is elitist and exhausting. Let me be messy
The appearance of having nothing is, perversely, for those who can afford anything.
- Mali Cornish
- Opinion
- Books
The long wait has ruined George R. R. Martin’s The Winds of Winter
No book can survive 14 years of hype.
- Charles Purcell
- Opinion
- Celebrity
The viral sweet potato trend is a culinary scam
We’ve officially reached the end-of-civilisation stage of the internet when we start treating a tuber stuffed with cheddar like it’s a Michelin-star revelation.
- Jenna Guillaume
- Opinion
- Pop culture
The group chat is the new second shift. I’m turning in my resignation
Our digital “villages” have transformed from helpful hubs into high-stakes management roles.
- Mali Cornish
- Opinion
- Style
If you have a problem with thong bikinis, the problem is you
From surf lifesavers to Love Island stars, the thong is a practical beach staple – so why are we clutching our pearls only when women wear them?
- Damien Woolnough