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  • Humour - Weekly Features

    All Things Considered

    26 October 2025

    Johnny Roach — Excerpt: I decided it was time to stop wallowing and start getting my revenge body, as they say.

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  • Humour - Weekly Features

    Twilight Ruined My Life

    19 October 2025

    Alice Moon — Excerpt: The therapist hums thoughtfully. “It’s definitely difficult to be a vampire in the 21st century.”

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  • Humour - Weekly Features

    The Gospel According to Chuck Norris

    19 October 2025

    Sarp Sozdinler — Excerpt: And the lion was made king of the jungle, only because Chuck Norris declined the position.

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  • Culture - Travelogue - Weekly Features

    Keeping our Heads at the Feast of Saint John

    28 September 2025

    John Haymaker — Excerpt: Showing it to my partner, we smiled at the possibilities. I banged the hammer a few more times and found it effective for relieving tension.

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    31 May 2026
  • Culture - Humour - Society - Weekly Features

    Do Not Pet While Working

    24 August 2025

    Kira Córdova — Excerpt: If you have an 18th-century British military kink, I beg you, don’t tell me.

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