How to be PRETTY4U
What does it mean to be pretty, or even hyperpop pretty, in the hyperindividualist 2020s?
Issue 1888
22 Jan 2026
Golden Globes 2026
One Battle After Another and Adolescence sweep the stage for the 83rd Golden Globe Awards
Marty Supreme
Josh Safdie’s nerve-shredding period thriller lives and dies on a career-best Timothée Chalamet performance you can’t shake.
Othello: a polished take on Shakespeare’s tragedy
This week marked the end of the run for Tom Morris’ Othello, a star-studded production that takes a conservative approach to the Shakespearean tragedy. Even so, it frequently draws laughter from the audience. David Harewood returns to the part 28 years after becoming the first Black actor to play the
White Nights
Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s short novella revolving around loneliness, unrequited love, and dreams still resonates with our society today. The nameless narrator of White Nights, a lonely young man, meets Nastenka, a young woman with whom he forms a strong relationship, yet they promise to keep it friendly rather than romantic.
Demonstrators and police officers injured as Iran embassy protests escalate further
Met Police has issued a dispersal order following further escalation of protests in South Kensington on the weekend.
Imperial launches Centre for Intestinal Systems
A UK-wide collaborative hub for human gut and microbiome research.
Monkey Business
Imperial study identifies patterns in same-sex sexual behaviour in primates.
MathSoc’s “Take me Out” reviewed
One match was made in the second edition of the dating game.
Maiden flight for IC Aerial Vehicles’ solar plane
Despite its crash, the Solar Plane Initiative’s test flight proved the latest design’s viability.
McKinsey audit reveals Felix is “full of shit”
A leaked report by consulting firm McKinsey & Co has revealed that “on average 56% of facts” reported in Felix are false, with several sections presenting almost entirely false statements as fact. The report concluded that on the whole, according to their proprietary evaluation programmes, Felix should in no cases
AI could kill the human need to want
And I don’t want that.