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Nobel Endeavours II

We return to ask some stupid questions of the smartest people on Earth and, once more, our Nobelists oblige.
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Beach Bums

In France? Sure. In Italy? Why not. But in chilly Blighty? Surely nobody could stand it. Some can. We uncover the naked truth behind Britain’s nudist beaches and their stern, shrivelled patrons.
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Nature’s Cruellest Mistake

Take even a cursory glance at the natural world and very soon you will find all sorts of creatures with ridiculously outsized capabilities to slay the planet’s one true custodian: us lot, humankind.
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Who Louis Should’ve Met

Rather than the worthy docs about mental health and alcoholism, here are the programmes that Monsieur Theroux should have seen through: the weekends away with the freaks, bad hats and oddballs that used…
Bertie Brandes

Proceed to Checkout

That Ninja creamy has been sitting in your basket for months now. And you're not really going to buy that ceremonial matcha bowl, are you?
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All Possible Plots II

You could read a book, but why bother? Here, we list all the possible plots every author could come up with instead.
Andrew Hunter Murray

Baron Wastelands

We imagine barons as rural land magnates, shagging the wives of their miserable villein tenantry. But there are modern, urban peers too. Those who stalk the very streets of our capital.
Bertie Brandes

Confessions of a London Femcel

Why are women no longer having sex?
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146 Questions with Jordan Stephens

We ask some more stupid questions to one half of Rizzle Kicks.
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Cooking in Prison

From working in the toilet to throwing melons of overpasses: We asked another squadron of journalists to tell us about the most excruciating pitches they’ve ever sent.