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Forget books, we should make more movies based on songs

Forget books, we should make more movies based on songs

It’s time to adapt classics such as Flame Trees, From Little Things Big Things Grow and Somebody That I Used To Know.

  • by Garry Maddox

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Good for you, you have a ridiculously massive drink bottle

Good for you, you have a ridiculously massive drink bottle

Is there any reason to carry around 5 per cent of one’s body weight in liquid? No.

  • by Mali Waugh
Sorry Paul Mescal, but shorts are for kids and slobs

Sorry Paul Mescal, but shorts are for kids and slobs

As far as summer trends go, Paul Mescal’s shorts must die.

  • by Robert Moran
You’re all wrong, Joker: Folie a Deux is a masterpiece

You’re all wrong, Joker: Folie a Deux is a masterpiece

Savage reviews consigned the film to the cinematic scrap-heap. What a terrible, terrible loss.

  • by Michael Idato
It’s time we were all reminded of what Nickelback really are

It’s time we were all reminded of what Nickelback really are

Are we having fun yet? We are, thanks to the most over-hated band in history.

  • by Tom W. Clarke
How do you say ‘I’m in my mid-30s’ without saying ‘I’m in my mid-30s’? The answer is meal-prep

How do you say ‘I’m in my mid-30s’ without saying ‘I’m in my mid-30s’? The answer is meal-prep

Mastering the art of cooking for one has taken me many years.

  • by Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
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Dear Diary, why did we abandon you? The pros of keeping a journal

Dear Diary, why did we abandon you? The pros of keeping a journal

Social media might have killed the diary. But not every private thought belongs in the public domain.

  • by Mali Waugh
If Shakespeare made an MTV reality show, it would’ve been this one

If Shakespeare made an MTV reality show, it would’ve been this one

This is it, the most underappreciated reality TV series of the modern era.

  • by Robert Moran
To hanky or not to hanky? There is no question

To hanky or not to hanky? There is no question

You can do almost anything with a handkerchief and a positive attitude.

  • by David Barrett
Trust me, Nicolas Cage deserved to win an Oscar for this movie

Trust me, Nicolas Cage deserved to win an Oscar for this movie

Nameless and voiceless, his physical charisma does all the talking.

  • by Nell Geraets
‘A goal isn’t a goal’: Video refereeing has sucked the joy from sport

‘A goal isn’t a goal’: Video refereeing has sucked the joy from sport

If we’re smart enough to invent the technology, we’re also smart enough to decide whether it’s working for us.

  • by David Free