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Epic bacon
Okay we lied there's ONE PIECE and it's diabolical.
 
– Alyx Gorman and Michael Sun
We can't stop talking about...
How to win at chit chat
Rules  
How to win at chit chat
Dull questions, awkward silences, excruciating gaffes: socialising can be a minefield. Here’s how to avoid disaster – and even enjoy yourself
Pelvic floors  
Don’t ‘power pee’ – but do grab a mirror. The experts share 13 easy, effective ways to be good to your gooch.
Book club wars  
From walkouts to broken friendships, book clubs blow ups can be brutal. Could more structure avert disaster?
Planning bores  
Big family planners sprawl across the walls of increasing numbers of households. But do you run the schedule, or is it running you?
Cook this
Chicken nuggets
Chicken nuggets
On the first day of winter break, Sarah Ayoub wrangled 10 kids under 10 to taste their way through every supermarket variety of frozen chicken nugget. The day was overstimulating, the results (mostly) underwhelming.
Extremely online
Extremely online
The posting generation are all grown up. Some are embarking on a time-honoured journey: the reality TV to apology video pipeline. Some are burning out. Some are wondering if Timothee Chalamet shaved his head. Digital media might be collapsing but epic bacon is forever. 

Good reads: inside Jane Birkin’s Birkin and the fashion week black market; oral histories of streetwear and a lesbian classic. And Just Like That is the best show on TV but some of y’all wouldn’t get it. This nonagenarian is stronger than you and these alligators deserve better. 

Good food: strawberry pasta, pancakes and eggs, the perfect tea, and the only mushroom story worth reading.
Top of the list
A show – funny folk  
Lena Dunham Lena Dunham Lena Dunham Lena Dunham. Too Much is on Netflix now!
Lena Dunham Lena Dunham Lena Dunham Lena Dunham. Too Much is on Netflix now!
A book – summer soak  
Amy Taylor's new thriller Ruins is the Greek holiday from hell. It's already been optioned for a film starring Vanessa Kirby and Sebastian Stan.
Amy Taylor's new thriller Ruins is the Greek holiday from hell. It's already been optioned for a film starring Vanessa Kirby and Sebastian Stan.
An album – take a joke  
Wet Leg's second album Moisturizer is out now – and they're as dumb, deadpan, and canny as ever.
Wet Leg's second album Moisturizer is out now – and they're as dumb, deadpan, and canny as ever.
A film – super woke  
Some people are unhappy after James Gunn called his new Superman film 'the story of an immigrant'. Sounds awesome. In cinemas!
Some people are unhappy after James Gunn called his new Superman film 'the story of an immigrant'. Sounds awesome. In cinemas!
The funniest things on the internet
Thomas Vowles' tour of his tabs
Thomas Vowles' tour of his tabs
Sometimes when he can't sleep, the author says, he imagines himself scrolling. That is a totally normal thing to do.
This week's weirdest story
'Four legged hero'
'Four legged hero'
Typically, Saint Bernards are tasked with rescuing hikers, but in Switzerland a tiny pup is credited with saving its owner from an icy 8m crevasse.
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