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Every month, we send out fourteen good things to read, cook, look at and listen to. Subscribe to receive it in your inbox monthly, or dig into the archives below.

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Friday Fourteen Issue 108

This week: A heartbreaking (in a good way) essay about coming to parenthood later in life, the incredible moment when Amy Remeikis and Carrie Bickmore held a colleague to account on The Project live on air over that Grace Tame photo, why 'Who is Neil Young' started trending worldwide, an explainer on that West Elm Caleb TikTok meme, how you go from viral to rich, salvaging the wreckage that is 'And Just Like That', and more

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Friday Fourteen Issue 107

This week: Salacious stories about sex after seventy, how Tumblr became popular again by being obsolete, 22 films to look forward to in 2022, a beautiful piece about getting sober and piecing together a community in the middle of the pandemic, what being asymptomatic really means, and more

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Friday Fourteen Issue 106

This week: No one cares about your resolutions so you might as well do something you enjoy, a great take on why the world needs Wordle right now, the houseplant of your dreams according to your star sign, a poignant essay on rejecting the cultural myths around coupledom, new apps to optimise your anxiety, cures for bad days, and more

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Friday Fourteen Issue 105

This week: Our team share their 14 favourite things from this year's Friday Fourteens, including 99 pieces of unsolicited advice, an excellent argument for why we need better OOO replies, a plea to listen to Genesis Owusu’s debut album 'Smiling With No Teeth', a thought-provoking piece that raises the question 'what if people don't want a career', an Ann Patchett short story, and more

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Friday Fourteen Issue 104

This week: A courageous essay that puts the reality of what abortion bans mean for women and girls into devastating focus, the loneliness of being the only single friend in your friendship group, an AI bot that tells you how bad your music taste really is, the Norwegian postal service made an ad where Santa is gay and we’re not crying you’re crying, that Jeremy Strong profile, and more

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Friday Fourteen Issue 103

This week: Instagram is turning into Facebook and no one is happy about it, why sad songs make us feel so good, an investigation into why Spotify's Unwrapped copy is so naff this year, advice from the ever-wise Ann Patchett that every person who uses a computer needs to hear, why you should feel good about your ugly teen phase, a lavender kitchen, and more

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Friday Fourteen Issue 102

This week: Why do we do things on certain days of the week, a beautiful outlook on grief that had us weeping into our keywords, why Spotify removed the shuffle button on Adele’s new album, an explainer vid on why you don’t hear much about the ozone layer anymore (it's good climate news!!), interior porn galore, and more

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Friday Fourteen Issue 101

This week: Why do we do things on certain days of the week, a beautiful outlook on grief that had us weeping into our keywords, why Spotify removed the shuffle button on Adele’s new album, an explainer vid on why you don’t hear much about the ozone layer anymore (it's good climate news!!), interior porn galore, and more

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Friday Fourteen Issue 100

This week: Does having kids actually make you happier, a long thread of recommendation threads (so meta), wise words on decision-making fatigue, an extremely detailed firsthand account of what happened at Astroworld and why social media doesn’t always help us make sense of horrific events, women around the world open up about their relationships, and more.

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Friday Fourteen Issue 99

This week: A compelling argument for not giving up on having kids because of climate change, things you can’t do in the metaverse, meet the 37-year-olds who are afraid of the 23-year-olds who work for them, work red flags in this new post-pandemic era, the disaster that is COP26, and more

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Friday Fourteen Issue 98

This week: A 23-year-old turns the tables on ATO scammers, how TikTok is inspiring a new #sober generation, a website that lets you travel back in time and watch 90s TV (the ads are amazing), a mind-bending article about unusual inner voices, an incredible online database with a smorgasbord of ideas for how to use up leftovers, and more.

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Friday Fourteen Issue 97

This week: Why everyone on the internet is talking about a kidney, how Squid Game’s nuanced dialogue is getting lost in translation, wonderful words from Katie Hawkins-Gaar on the importance of listening to your heart, Helen Garner’s lockdown diaries, bad musicals, and more.

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Friday Fourteen Issue 96

This week: Why we avoid going to sleep even when we’re really really tired (revenge bedtime procrastination!), put your bird knowledge to the test, hard work vs soft work, why we can’t get enough of Emily Mariko on TikTok (the ice cube on rice!!?), it’s a good week for new film trailers, and more.

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Friday Fourteen Issue 95

This week: The Guardian have published eight new recipes from Team Ottolenghi, what you’re like to live with based on your star sign, an absolute banger of an interview with an extremely unfiltered Miriam Margoyles, rejecting the myth of happily ever after, the 500 best songs of all time according to Rolling Stone, and more.

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Friday Fourteen Issue 94

This week: An incredible piece about the woman whose conception sparked the Roe v Wade case, former Man Repeller staffer Haley Nahman writes eloquently and honestly about her experiences as an influencer, how the Nicki Minaj testicles tweet was reported on in Trinidad, rich people’s kitchens, crispy gyoza, confusing Succession posters, and more.

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Friday Fourteen Issue 93

This week: Candid interviews with New Yorkers about their 9/11 experiences, how to swap your window view with a stranger on the other side of the world, thoughts on the capitalist absurdity of the Sally Rooney ‘Beautiful World’ merchstorm, meet the people Marie Kondo-ing their relationships, and more.

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Friday Fourteen Issue 92

This week: A joyful piece by the writer Patrick Lenton about his long-distance pandemic relationship and the “mysterious romantic chaos that you can’t game or predict”, why our cotton totes are harming not helping the planet (we know, we’re sorry), a thought-provoking piece about careers (“What if work didn’t make you feel awful?”), a new podcast from the 7am team, and more.

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Friday Fourteen Issue 91

This week: An utterly fascinating deep dive into how debutante balls solved the “daughter problem” in the 18th century (just trust us on this one), why the future of wine may not be grapes, a juicy profile of Succession creator Jesse Armstrong in the New Yorker that will absolutely satiate your S3 cravings ... and more.

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Friday Fourteen Issue 90

This week: A website that broadcasts your scream into the Icelandic wilderness, the misogyny of meal planning, a genius idea for rewriting the plus-one rule at weddings, a healthy debate between team bath vs team shower (what are you?), small but important ways to support Afghanistan families fleeing from violence, and more.

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Friday Fourteen Issue 89

This week: How to fight climate change with optimism (and some ideas for how you can take action right now), a rare interview with Beyonce ahead of her 40th birthday, a compelling piece by ⁦Amanda Knox⁩ on the way culture and “journalism” insists on forever linking her with a crime she didn’t commit, the slippery slope of pregnancy forums, Drumstix in a Biskit are back (!!), a podcast about the dark world of memes, and more.

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