TV needs to adjust its beauty settings What happened to textured skin, misaligned teeth, receding hairlines and sweaty complexions?

Noticed how there are fewer normal-looking faces on screen these days? I spoke to a casting director about why beauty standards in TV and film seem to be getting more extreme

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Two decades after their first single, LCD Soundsystem still have a grip on music. I’ve got a piece in this new book by @discopogo.bsky.social about how their cowbells, handclaps and punk sound has inspired artists including Idles, Confidence Man and Charli xcx
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Being on a jury is traumatic - turning it into an 'immersive experience' is insulting The Jury Experience is the latest frontier in our terrible true crime obsession

I wrote about the uptick in true crime on stage and ‘immersive’ jury experiences, and considered the downsides of sensationalising public duty, for @theipaper.com
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Singer Låpsley on the three-way relationship that inspired her new album After an unconventional relationship breakup, the singer wrote a new album that explores a love triangle involving her ex – also the album’s co-producer – and her now-fiancé. Felicity Martin speaks to...

I spoke to Låpsley about the fallout of her love triangle, the “gangster” music industry, and why this album could be her last
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#14 Bimini On Maltese samosas, mushroom coffee, and their mum’s leek and potato soup

My latest Salt Fat Acid House guest is Bimini, who chatted to me about Indian food in Malta and their mum’s famous soup
saltfatacidhouse.substack.com/p/14-bimini

Meant to share this when it came out, but I wrote this about anti-TikTok travel and planning trips away from the algorithm, featuring tips gathered from my digital nomad-ing year
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#13 Naina On tacos, 5am bananas, and dangerous pani puri

For my newsletter, I spoke to music Renaissance woman Naina about Southall street food and why bad-looking restaurants often make the best meals

Inside Telegram's terrifying ‘Are we dating the same girl?’ group chat “These men were revelling in destroying the lives and reputation of women.”

“These men were revelling in destroying the lives and reputation of women”: I looked into *those* Telegram chats and the normalisation of image abuse, for @glamouruk.bsky.social

Why are we shaming Bonnie Blue and Lily Phillips, but not the masked men queueing up to have sex with them? “It should ring alarm bells that so many men are willing to chase gratification at the expense of treating a woman like a human being.”

I wrote about Bonnie and Lily, and why it’s scary that so many men want in to this grim dehumanisation, for
@glamouruk.bsky.social
www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/bonn...

Caroline Calloway on plagiarism, rage baiting and Luigi Mangione The self-proclaimed scammer is back with a controversial new book, inspired by cult author Elizabeth Wurtzel. ‘It’s the sort of thing you want in your hands during a mental breakdown,’ she tells Felic...

I spoke to Caroline Calloway about publishing a joint book with the late Elizabeth Wurtzel (and whether or not she fucked the CEO assassin)
www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture...

Why aesthetic pseudoscience has made an ugly comeback The canthal tilt, angel versus witch skull, high and low trust faces… phrenology and physiognomy have been growing increasingly popular over the last 12 months

Merry xmas eve! I wrote about the internet’s facial categorising obsession and how it’s just repackaged physiognomy and phrenology
www.dazeddigital.com/beauty/artic...

Filler dissolving is often seen as a simple process – but many people report life-altering issues afterwards. I spoke to some of them for a piece in today’s @inews.co.uk

#12 Silva Bumpa On Dishoom, samosas, and the best food in the Northern Quarter

Here’s the latest instalment of my food x electronic music newsletter, this month with UKG and bassline disciple Silva Bumpa
saltfatacidhouse.substack.com/p/12-silva-b...

Why do our friendships suddenly feel like... work? Have endless notifications, calendar invites, and hen-do hashtags got your friendships becoming a full-time job? You’re not alone

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In the new print issue of Cosmopolitan UK talking about the overlap between friendship and work, and why it’s crazy to be available to everyone you know 24/7

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