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  • Culture - Food - Humour - Weekly Features

    Sexual Imagery in Four Ottoman Desserts (or The Sweet, Sweet Objectification of Women)

    9 March 2025

    Ecem Yucel — Excerpt: Tulumba (Kerhane Tatlısı), pump (or brothel dessert) — / deep fried batter, coated in thick, / saccharine syrup, resembling churros.

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  • Culture - Humour - Music - Weekly Features

    Mosh Pit

    9 March 2025

    Tim Frank — Excerpt: Humbled, it occurs to Mylene, nobody likes Tchaikovsky or even classical music—not anymore.

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  • Humour - Weekly Features

    ‘The Bathroom Singer,’ ‘A Masterclass on How to Make Your Friend Pay at a Restaurant,’ ‘The Astrologer’ and ‘Waking Up’

    23 February 2025

    Shamik Banerjee — Excerpt: Also, Saturn in the fifth / House indicates a joyless life. Her sign’s / Aquarius: eccentric; full of pride.

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    24 May 2026
  • Humour - Weekly Features

    Itchy Head Man

    23 February 2025

    Eli S. Evans — Excerpt: Once upon a time, there was a man who couldn’t stop thinking about something.

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  • Humour - Weekly Features

    A Spy of a Certain Age

    9 February 2025

    Nina Miller — Excerpt: In the spy business, only the very sexy or the extremely invisible can get prized intel. Ask me how I know.

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