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Louise Bruton on satisfying our need for attention (and other lost social nuances) in the midst of a global pandemic…
Just when you think the internet has generated its funniest, most ridiculous meme, it lobs another winner up. We’re grateful, at this point, for any and all levity that we…
Kate Demolder, on how the mantra of ‘less is more’ still obeys the rules of middle-class consumerism – but has COVID-19 made a mockery of the concept of a life…
Pop culture obsessive Fionnuala Jones helps us end our never-ending selection scroll by suggesting the perfect list of escapist TV to ease our addled minds…
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Farmer and pop star (what a combination) Colm Conlan reflects on lockdowns past, and the current iteration, and the particular and unique toll they have taken, and continue to take,…
There’s only one way past it, and that’s through it. Make friends with the mute, block and unfollow buttons, says Louise Bruton, and it’ll make your life somewhat easier…
From hysteria diagnoses and the myth of the ‘week off’ the pill, Gillian Roddie looks at the world of science, medical biases and why even the beauty industry is tailored…
We’re at home. All the time. And for many of us, that has brought a realisation that we own too much stuff, and we can’t keep a handle on tidying…