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Is it really lonely at the top?

Is it really lonely at the top?

It’s long been posited that money can’t buy happiness – apart from maybe the £9.90 it costs for prescribed antidepressants – but can alienation caused by excessive wealth harm our ability to form interpersonal connections? The other day I was walking through the display rooms in a well-known, Swedish, affordable...

Opinion – Blake Lively drama shows we’re still quick to hate women

Opinion – Blake Lively drama shows we’re still quick to hate women

Blake Lively proves our desire to watch successful women burn is both pervasive and insidious. But are times finally changing?  When Colleen Hoover’s wildly successful novel ‘It Ends With Us’ was released as a feature film last year, the media went wild. But besides the dedicated fans who lined up to see their favourite characters on the silver screen, much of the attention shifted to on-set issues.  It was somewhat surreal...

By Brighton, UK
‘Fogvid’ was our favourite conspiracy theory of 2024

‘Fogvid’ was our favourite conspiracy theory of 2024

As barmy conspiracies go, Fogvid 24 made a late play for the title of most baseless and far-fetched of 2024. Let’s get into the details still spreading throughout the tendrils of Facebook. Last year was a great year for conspiracy theories, creatively speaking – in terms of plausibility, perhaps not. In April, Elon Musk apparently replaced pigeons with AI-powered drones to gather data for Space X, Taylor Swift was outed...

By London, UK
Opinion – Gen Z are becoming more about crochet than clubbing

Opinion – Gen Z are becoming more about crochet than clubbing

Gen Z seem to be more about crochet than clubbing these days. When did this shift happen and what are the probable causes, though?  I love going out. I love the loud music and the pulsating walls. I love dark rooms and sporadic lighting. I love the throng of people that it’s too loud to even attempt conversation with, and the ‘profound’ conversations with strangers you meet for a...

By Manchester, UK