People in their twenties and thirties are exhausted. What are these conversations, these phone calls? Just repetitions of the same farce. Here is a list of reasons for giving up, ranked by how tolerable the whinge is

Last year, the two unfortunate individuals at the Coldplay concert; the year before, the Segre v Seymandi case. This year, things are somewhat scarce: a video posted on TikTok shows two ordinary lawyers kissing on a bench in Central Park

From the ‘facilitating parent’ to the ‘AI slopper’, right through to the ‘ice-cream kid’ and the ‘super-tanned one’. A few dinosaurs have disappeared, a few monsters have turned up. Happy 1st August!

Height, slimness and hair. If these are lacking, the more sensitive souls may develop complexes, but recently a new form of medicine has emerged. Magnetic nails and potions to combat the ‘reactionary’ body

Adaptation involves genetic mutations or new forms of mobility, special functions and, above all, the millennia. In the absence of further guidance, here is a catalogue of the adaptations required of the contemporary European, together with an assessment of their feasibility

The American classicist dismissed the adaptation of the Odyssey as a Nolan-esque combination of grandiosity and superficiality: a work that “has nothing convincing to say about time, memory, history or war” and which lacks “psychological, emotional, political and ethical depth”. Response to the scathing review

Actress Trina Parks is now leading the campaign for a new, less camp 007. The character was born in a cruder era, the 20th century. Unfortunate years, to be sure, but with the advantage of not being subjected to a psychological analysis at every turn, even over a bread basket

From the ‘I’m off with the family’ type to simple day-trips, right up to ‘I’m off to Colombia for two weeks’. Escape, yes, but where?

The American basketball player had said she believed it was necessary to protect girls in changing rooms and at sporting events, arguing that they should not compete against biologically male athletes. And immediately, the werewolf altar boys of the internet sprang into action with the excommunication procedure