What a week!! Hence our longest on record (of the whole 5 we have done). It's long but a goodie...From the ICE protests to the infamous Lively v. Baldoni feud, literature to the rescue of masculinity and whether Nicole should spend all her earnings on a fresh new babyface – we’ve gone through the lot. Guess Friday 13th really is luck for some...

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The revenge of the young male novelist, by George Monaghan for The New Statesmen | https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2025/06/the-revenge-of-the-young-male-novelist

Teenage girls’ TikTok skincare regimes offer little to no benefit, research shows, by Nicola Davis for The Guardian | https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/09/teenage-girls-tiktok-skincare-regimes-offer-little-to-no-benefit-research-shows

The Elon Musk and Donald Trump Feud Proves Men Are Just Too Emotional to Be in Charge, by Stephanie McNeal for Glamour | https://www.glamour.com/story/the-elon-musk-and-donald-trump-feud-makes-us-think-they-are-too-emotional-to-be-in-charge

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Today we have a really ✨interesting ✨ catch up for you – it’s a pretty varied one, so strap in for a wild ride! From MI5 to weight loss jabs, Greggs sausage rolls to the South Korean election, we’ve covered the lot. Some may even say, all too well…

Links: ‘Feels bigger than herself’: the importance of Taylor Swift’s latest victory, by Adrian Horton for The Guardian | https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/31/taylor-swift-buy-master-recordings

Dude, where’s my paunch? Men, masculinity and Mounjaro, by Joel Golby for The Observer | https://observer.co.uk/style/features/article/joel-golby-men-masculinity-and-mounjaro

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Annabel & Nicole debrief this week's headlines including Trump waging war on the Ivy League, the many promises made by hopeful PM, Nigel Farage, and the 30 different ways to pronounce Shein (yes, one of them is "fast fashion").

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From TikTok to the track: gen Z are driving running’s third great boom, by Sean Ingle for The Guardian | http://theguardian.com/sport/2025/may/27/running-gen-z-boom-athletics-london-marathon

Has Brigitte Macron got away with ‘le slap’?, by Rowan Pelling for The Independent | https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/emmanuel-macron-wife-brigitte-shove-face-plane-vietnam-b2758606.html

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Annabel & Nicole discuss this week's headlines including the mysterious case of Bella May Culley, the B-word (Brexit) reset deal and whether the UK has too many dogs (Annabel says c'est non).

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Why Britain’s dog obsession is becoming a problem, by Guy Kelly and Meike Eijsberg for The Telegraph | https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/17/does-britain-have-too-many-dogs/

Can AI therapists really be an alternative to human help?, by Eleanor Lawrie for BBC | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ced2ywg7246o

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Annabel & Nicole discuss this week's headlines namely Pope Leo XIV, Keir Starmer, Kim Kardashian and the bird from Duolingo.

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The first lady vanishes, by Edward Helmore for The Observer | https://observer.co.uk/news/politics/article/the-first-lady-vanishes

The Pope’s Florida Brother, a MAGA Disciple, Plans to ‘Tone It Down’, by Richard Fausset for The New York Times | https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/us/louis-prevost-pope-leo-xiv-brother.html

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