Based in central Porto, Portugal, there's a beautiful historic bookshop called Livraria Lello, where Dua Lipa and her book club, Service95, have just co-opened a new manifesto library dedicated to banned books and authors who were once silenced. The manifesto library includes 100 contemporary books that challenged society. It features works about power, censorship, politics, and books that were once considered too controversial for readers. According to Service95's newsletter

Why millions of young men are searching for meaning, connection, and belonging - and why voices like @hanny_ab are resonating right now. There is a strange contradiction at the center of modern life; We have never been more connected, and yet so many people have never felt more alone. We carry entire social worlds in our pockets. We know where old classmates vacation, what our colleagues ate for breakfast, and who just got engaged despite not having spoken to them in years. W

For years we've been told that outrage spreads faster than kindness, that bad news always wins, that controversy drives clicks. That the internet rewards conflict, anger, division, and fear because those are the emotions people engage with most. Open any social media platform and you're almost guaranteed to be met with another breakup, another scandal, another argument, another reminder that apparently everyone is cheating, nobody communicates anymore, and humanity is one inc

Surveillance capitalism used to look like something we were supposed to fear.It looked like CCTV cameras mounted on street corners, government databases, airport security checks, facial recognition software, Silicon Valley engineers collecting our data in anonymous office buildings. It felt cold, clinical and unmistakably dystopian. Surveillance belonged to governments, corporations and science fiction films. But now? Now it wears designer sunglasses. That's what feels so uns

Some conversations stay with you long after they end. What began as a discussion about comedy, content creation, and Tanner Devore's viral video The Whimsy Decline: The Rise of Digital Conservatism quickly unfolded into something much bigger: a conversation about what the internet is quietly taking from us. Somewhere between algorithms, irony, and the fear of looking "cringe," many of us have become increasingly hesitant to express joy, take creative risks, or simply allow ou

Being the firstborn daughter comes with a particular kind of guilt. It is not necessarily greater than other forms of guilt, but it is distinct because it emerges from the role rather than from a specific action. The eldest daughter feels responsible simply because she is the eldest. What makes it similar to all other forms of guilt, in a way, is its predictable trajectory. It begins with younger siblings. Over time, that responsibility expands and gradually becomes a duty to

People tell you to make your 20s about yourself. Build a career, travel, invest in friendships, heal, and learn who you are outside of relationships. But ever since I stopped dating and stopped making my life about love, it seems like this is the only thing people want to talk about. "Decenter love," they say, but continue to make everything about it. Yet there’s something fascinating about what happens when someone actually follows that advice. The same culture that praises

Charli XCX once said in a Subway Takes interview that art is not important—artistry is. For her, a great artist is more than the song. It is the entire culture and space they inhabit. Music, Fashion, Film, her new album out July 24, is the fullest expression of that philosophy she has ever made. She did not put herself on the cover. She put John Cale, Marc Jacobs, and Martin Scorsese: one for music, one for fashion, one for film. For a female pop star in 2026, that is a radic

We were told that success was all about networking, meaning go to the event, collect the business cards, build your LinkedIn, grow your following, and essentially reach out to people you've never met. Networking stopped meaning "building relationships" and started meaning "collecting people." We became obsessed with access, access to founders, investors, creators, editors, celebrities and opportunities. As though careers were built by knowing more people rather than knowing

Doomscrolling can take its toll on my mental health at the best of times, but when I’m hungover on a Sunday and still in bed—doing my best to forget about the rounds of tequila that definitely weren’t needed the previous night—the last thing I want to see is my ex’s new girlfriend, or indeed the woman he’s now seeing, pop up as a "Person You May Know" on my timeline. The algorithm: a harsh reminder that I wasn’t chosen, that his new girlfriend is about ten years younger than

The New York-based model and stylist isn't interested in chasing trends. Instead, she's building a world where clothes tell stories, getting dressed becomes a daily ritual, and personal style matters more than the algorithm. Fashion has never moved faster. Every week there's a new "core," another aesthetic to replicate and another celebrity wardrobe dissected into shopping links before most people have even had their morning coffee. Trends are no longer seasonal; they're hour

A few days ago, more than 261,000 Californians received news that would change the course of their year. Hundreds of millions of dollars in medical debt had simply... disappeared. The debt had been erased through a donation from Snapchat co-founder Evan Spiegel and model Miranda Kerr in partnership with @UndueMedDebt, wiping out more than $550 million in medical bills for families across California. It was an extraordinary act of generosity that will undoubtedly transform tho

I was sitting in my dermatologist’s office the other week, playing the role of "supportive best friend" for a girl who was just there to get a tiny mole removed. It was all very model-off-duty chic until the doctor finished the procedure and started scanning her face like an interior designer looking for a load-bearing wall to demolish. "We could sharpen that jawline," he noted, gesturing to her chin as if he were sketching on a napkin. "And those crow’s feet? Honestly, a lit

Everyone has a different vision of what their 20s will look like. Some imagine being married, some imagine owning a house, and others dream of working abroad or going to college. Ever since we were kids, we’ve been preparing for our 20s. It’s like working toward an end goal, and all we wanted were the solutions or answers. But little did we know that our 20s wouldn’t be about finding the answers at all. If anything, our 20s raise even more questions. It’s like we knew more wh

"Shall we both get a landline?" I hurriedly asked my friend as we settled into our allocated seats in the cinema, waiting for the trailers to start. We’d just been revelling in the idea of putting our phones on flight mode for the next two hours, uninterrupted by buzzes, notifications, and reminders that the outside world was waiting for us to respond. "It's the only place I feel like I can do that nowadays," I reflected. I, like almost everyone, it seems, at the moment, fall