Culture

Sick of doomscrolling? Anna Cafolla selects the juiciest reads to dig into this month, from thrilling erotica and pop culture deep dives to explorations of New York's seedy underbelly – you name it, we’ve got it.

The sequins, the fringe, the glitter, the glam. For influencers and brands, festival dressing now has one key goal in mind: looking good for the ’gram. But it turns out that performing a good time isn’t all that, er, good.

Tory MP Nadine Dorries' plans to privatise Channel 4 are misguided, at best. What else should we expect from someone who seems to have little to no interest in preserving the UK’s rich legacy of TV?

He was the doe-eyed child of Britain’s biggest reality TV star, then grief – and his own consciousness – changed him. At just 18-years old, what’s next for Bobby Brazier?

The submissions-based Instagram account documents the hedonism of art school in the ​’90s. “It was the original safe space,” says its founder, Matt Atkatz.

From podcasts brimming with everyday scandals to entire investigative news stories, the banal and downright dreary has become the internet's favourite flavour of tea – always lukewarm, never piping hot.