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Sexy water
We're all asking the same question!!!!

- Steph Harmon, Alyx Gorman, and Michael Sun
We can't stop talking about...
The Veronicas on doing it their way
Taking control  
The Veronicas on doing it their way
After 20 years of ups and downs in the industry, the Australian pop duo want their new album release to be entirely on their terms – which explains some parts of this interview.
Man rejection  
The artist behind Mona’s ladies-only lounge is ‘absolutely delighted’ it ended up in court for gender discrimination.
Bag dejection  
Also being sued? Hermès, over claims it only sells Birkins to ‘worthy’ customers.
Bought connection  
Private mothers groups are on the rise in Australia. Wendy Syfret finds out why.
Eat this
Rubbish spaghetti
Rubbish spaghetti
Sounds off-putting, yet Rachel Roddy's recipe is thrifty, tangy and surprisingly irresistible
Extremely online
Extremely online
Corporate fetish! Sexy water! Discord trysts! Being horny is so back. Also back: Gamergate (ew), prestige TV (for dads), and the best literary journal (yay). 

Good beefs: Gwyneth Paltrow v Bill Clinton; Washington Post v Lauren Oyler; this guy v every NYC writer. 

Good reads: dispatches from the Adderall epidemic and the AI epidemic; RIP again to Pitchfork, Vice, the inventor of karaoke, and this guy, who is sick to the pit of his tummy and now out of a job. We hear Buckingham Palace is hiring. 

Finally, happy belated St Patrick’s Day to this dog and also this dog
The funniest things on the internet
David O’Doherty shows us his tabs
David O’Doherty shows us his tabs
The Irish music-comedian has been 'thinking about this way too much', and we love him even more for it.
Top of the list
An album – songs that stun  
Adrianne Lenker's lyrical poetry and soft Americana has made her a rock hero, both solo and as frontwoman of Big Thief. Amid heartbreak, amid the "endless pain and suffering", her new record Bright Future feels like a balm.
Adrianne Lenker's lyrical poetry and soft Americana has made her a rock hero, both solo and as frontwoman of Big Thief. Amid heartbreak, amid the
Another album – country sun  
Also a balm: Kacey Musgrave's album Deeper Well, which sees the country star "put the bong down" and gaze into nature. It can be a bit woo-woo, but it's also sublime.
Also a balm: Kacey Musgrave's album Deeper Well, which sees the country star
A series – chaos fun  
An unfilmable book? No such thing for the creators of Game of Thrones, who have turned in a compelling adaptation of 3 Body Problem, Cixin Liu's heady, harrowing sci-fi series. There are aliens, Maoist politics, and plenty of physics – and it somehow works? On Netflix.
An unfilmable book? No such thing for the creators of Game of Thrones, who have turned in a compelling adaptation of 3 Body Problem, Cixin Liu's heady, harrowing sci-fi series. There are aliens, Maoist politics, and plenty of physics – and it somehow works? On Netflix.
A film – Sweeney nun  
Sydney Sweeney, nuns, nasty horror. It's hard to imagine a film more pre-fabbed for cult status – and it's four stars from our reviewer. Immaculate is in cinemas now.
Sydney Sweeney, nuns, nasty horror. It's hard to imagine a film more pre-fabbed for cult status – and it's four stars from our reviewer. Immaculate is in cinemas now.
This week's weirdest story
In eggcess
In eggcess
A shop error has left Orkney island with more Easter eggs than people.
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