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We teamed up with the much-loved hotel to cut cake, rave on the rooftop and – of course – screen the England game.

Look out, Gen Z. Gen Alpha’s arrived, slathered in Sephora products and vaping like there’s no tomorrow. We gathered siblings from both warring cohorts and asked – from a safe distance – the pressing question du jour.

Outside off-licenses, Tescos and your local retailer of non-cig smokables, a new tapestry of urban, consumer art sits atop Britain’s bins.

Drug-poisoning deaths in England and Wales are at an all-time high. Here’s what to do if you’re around someone who might be in trouble.

Most pills are made in the Netherlands, but there’s also a cottage industry in the UK, with people knocking out pingers in spare bedrooms, garages and lock-ups.

The science is clear: vaping is much less harmful than smoking. But half of Britain’s smokers still think it’s the other way round.

The Queen of Dating (celebs) got us hot under the collar at her annual V-Day party last night. Here’s who was snogging who.

HHC is being touted as a legal alternative to weed. Is it legal? Is it more dangerous than traditional weed? Here’s everything we know.

DoxyPEP is a potentially game-changing way of preventing STIs. Here’s everything you need to know and how to get hold of it.

Before you sack it off altogether, consider what these experts have to say.

A sushi restaurant with no website is drawing the likes of Dua Lipa, Kendall Jenner, Beyoncé and Taylor Swift to a random strip mall on Sunset Boulevard. Is the $400 sashimi really that good?

Young people are, famously, giving up the booze. Considering it? Here's how to still socialise successfully in 2024.

In 2024, being a teenage girl means dealing with social media, body image, politics and misogyny – not to mention homework and friendships. It’s not easy. But it’s not without hope.

Local heroes, community-led movements, MMA fighters and a girls’ holiday in Zante: these are the best stories we went out and reported on in 2023.

It’s been a big year for sex, from relationship hard launches to the “whoring twenties” and inflationships. Not to mention break-up sex and erotic hypnosis. Do we have your attention? Go on, you know you want to…

In the weeks leading-up to Christmas, the high street blesses us with a plethora of bread-based goods to take the edge off. We asked science to tell us which will do it best.

A leaderless group of good-time cyclists, Critical Mass meet on the last Friday of every month to tear up streets around the world. We checked in with some London massers as they set off for a spooky ride.

Papermeister, a Welshman living in Hackney, says he has the biggest collection of rolling papers in the world “unless someone can prove me wrong”.

If you’re sick of the sesh and fancy packing in the packet, Elliott Wald, who’s helping thousands of TikTokers get off it, shared some pointers with our resident drugs columnist.

Norman’s Cafe in London, the one that started it all, has led to new-age caffs cropping up around the country. Are they caricaturing working class culture or a giving a welcome spin on classic British food?

Our resident drugs columnist’s TikTok comment section is awash with FAQ’s on taking drugs, so he aims to answer (most) of them, all in the name of reducing potential harms.

Recent data suggests the city’s drugs are getting lower in quality and purity. We spoke to a dealer, a raver and a researcher to get to the bottom of the baggy.

Everyone's doing it. But should you really unblock that number? We asked a tarot reader, bartender and tattoo artist to lend their varied expertise to advise on whether you should crawl back to that forgotten flame.