Here’s what will happen in the days after Queen Elizabeth’s death (and every republican right now)
We recommend watching Vogue’s 73 questions with Jennifer Lawrence just to see her respond to the question “What’s the most bizarre thing you’ve ever read about yourself?” with: “That I f*cked Harvey Weinstein”
Came in half way through the ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ press tour drama and deeply confused why Chris Pine has become a meme and Harry Styles is spitting on people? Here’s an excellent explainer (and a more detailed spitting investigation)
How to be a better friend to those who cannot have children [“Parenting can be hard, but I’ve often reflected that it’s far, far harder to want a baby and not to have one.”]
Love someone’s work, art, music, novels, films, opinions? Tell them about it
A conversational advice column on divorce [“The best time to move on is before the children have no positive role models left to help them understand relationships. Leave before there is nothing left to leave.”]
An interesting take on why hard drinking just isn’t cool anymore (and how new ways to stop drinking flourished during the pandemic)
Thoughts on solitude vs loneliness
Interiors we’ve bookmarked this week: this Victorian house in north-east London with bookshelves to die for, artist Gavin Houghton's eclectic London terrace with a daring red and white striped ceiling, and this Oxfordshire country house (the pink plaster-walled larder! That pink curvaceous sofa!)A fascinating piece in the NY Times that demystifies the process of becoming a published author [“I’d like people to know that it’s possible for a debut author in her 40s, a woman of colour, a mom, who led a quiet life offline with no brand building whatsoever to have this experience,”]
The best thing that happened on Reddit this week was this guy expressing amazement that his girlfriend dislikes the unhinged song he plays to ‘keep the rhythm’ every. single. time. they have sex. Let’s just say that the internet had a field day with this one
In tech news: Instagram is being fined €405 million for mishandling children’s data, VPNs don’t conceal your browsing habits, Apple just announced the next iPhone, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel has revealed how the company plans to grow its revenue and user base next year, Netflix plans to launch its ad-supported tier on November 1, how brands are updating their user-generated content strategies to stretch marketing dollars, and there’s a new dating app called Meete where women are paid to talk to men
A Miss England finalist is going makeup-free and we need to stop pretending that it’s a political statement to go bare when society praises your natural beauty
Going through a rough patch at work? Take a leaf out of Florence Pugh's book
And in other news… good riddance to Boris Johnson, an honest response to the Queen’s death, what did that cat just say?, you can only keep three, a must-read if you have tinnitus, big sunglasses are back, watching this drinking routine gave us a hangover, we’re obsessed with this aesthetic, the rest of Reddit guy’s sex playlist, this week in hummus, if you don’t know them you are them, trying tofu toast this weekend, the person that created Outlook, the ultimate pen tool guide for designers (because apparently we’re all using it wrong), meet the super-rich ‘preppers’ planning to save themselves from the apocalypse, and if you’ve reached a point in life when waking up next to strangers is no longer exciting, you can now fly ‘Neighbour Free’ with Qantas
