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Oddly poetic
P!nk, Blink-182 and Fran Lebowitz are also in the country right now. A meeting of the minds.

- Steph Harmon, Alyx Gorman and Michael Sun
We can't stop talking about...
(Taylor's version)
Australia  
(Taylor's version)
When Taylor opens her Australian tour in Melbourne on Friday, she could end up playing to the biggest crowd of her career. The screams will be deafening. The takes will be prolific.
Beaded string  
It's boom time for craft shops as Eras-goers rush to finish their friendship bracelets.
Election swing  
Could Taylor Swift affect the 2024 presidential election? Serious analysts weigh in.
Parrot king  
Speaking of swifties: Leonardo DiCaprio.
Cook this
Burrata, basil and grapes on a stick
Burrata, basil and grapes on a stick
Australia has just hit peak grape season. If you're unfamiliar with the glory of savoury grapes, start with this light yet swanky lunch idea from Yotam Ottolenghi, then take it from there.
Extremely online
Extremely online
Trendsmaxxing is so over! Gossip is so back. Jacob Elordi entered his bad boy era and Demi Lovato sang Heart Attack at an event for cardiovascular health. This blind item blogger was finally unmasked and this crypto bro is going through it. 

Good questions: would you rather desire or be desired? Do you have je ne sais quoi or joie de vivre?  Why haven’t you been in an airplane disaster? Is King Charles okay? Scan to find out.

Good reads: The Baffler on trans fiction; Sheila Heti on her new book; tortured poets on Tortured Poets.

Bad news: on deep-sea aliens and the slow death of media. Here’s an antidote: this soothing game
The funniest things on the internet
Brendan Hancock shows us his tabs
Brendan Hancock shows us his tabs
The self-described ‘stupid gay clown’ provides a who’s who of queer comedians – including one he would like to ask out.
Top of the list
A show – date night  
New Netflix romcom One Day succeeds where the cringey Anne Hathaway-starring film did not in adapting David Nicholls' bestselling 2009 novel. In her five star review, Chitra Ramaswamy uses words like "flawless", "exquisite", "superlative", "sublime" and "extraordinary" to describe it.
New Netflix romcom One Day succeeds where the cringey Anne Hathaway-starring film did not in adapting David Nicholls' bestselling 2009 novel. In her five star review, Chitra Ramaswamy uses words like
Another show – catfight  
An already crumbling Truman Capote betrays New York’s deadliest WASPs – to dire social consequence – in Feud: Capote vs the Swans. Naomi Watts, Chloë Sevigny and Diane Lane as the titular swans are a treat; but a story that could play as high camp drama instead has gutting pathos thanks to director Gus Van Sant’s unflinching eye. On Binge.
An already crumbling Truman Capote betrays New York’s deadliest WASPs – to dire social consequence – in Feud: Capote vs the Swans. Naomi Watts, Chloë Sevigny and Diane Lane as the titular swans are a treat; but a story that could play as high camp drama instead has gutting pathos thanks to director Gus Van Sant’s unflinching eye. On Binge.
A film – hunks' plight  
Based on the true, tragic tale of the Von Erich wrestling family, The Iron Claw is a much, much more upsetting film than its lead trio – Zac Efron, Harris Dickinson, and Jeremy Allen White – may imply. It's a drama as muscular as its stars – and it's in cinemas.
Based on the true, tragic tale of the Von Erich wrestling family, The Iron Claw is a much, much more upsetting film than its lead trio – Zac Efron, Harris Dickinson, and Jeremy Allen White – may imply. It's a drama as muscular as its stars – and it's in cinemas.
A drink – Coke lite  
"Women are not truly equal unless we have the right to ingest our favourite possible carcinogens as a little treat," writes important journalist Gina Rushton, in this truly stunning and oddly poetic lament for Diet Coke. "If a woman wants something it is a feminist pursuit. I don’t make the rules."
This week's smallest story
Meet the world’s tiniest creatures
Meet the world’s tiniest creatures
From from a nano-chameleon to a bumblebee shrew, these animals may be little known, but they're also the littlest-known.
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