The Observer

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19 October 2026 16:31

"The adverts will come for your name, eventually, watch out. The adverts will come for all of our names." Read more as Joel Golby explores how adverts are increasingly using common male names as a punchline, turning everyday monikers into symbols of inadequacy https://bit.ly/4dHF5h4

Lydia Polgreen

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18 October 2026 21:53

Everyone citing Janet Malcolm's The Journalist and the Murderer is thinking of the wrong Malcolm text re: "You Can See Everything." Real ones know it is The Impossible Profession that truly applies to Fielder's masterpiece.

Chaminda Jayanetti

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18 October 2026 12:43

I think for Ironman my sign would be "women half your age still won't swipe right on you"

Radio Lento

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17 October 2026 19:42

Best day out! Trent Park - House of Secrets This new museum opened in July. We went for the first time today. Love the grand barbed wire logo. Come with us ....

Sathnam Sanghera

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17 October 2026 11:23

"Screens have replaced socialising not so much by offering a truly better or cheaper experience, but by essentially eliminating the modicum of effort and risk of minor awkwardness or social disappointment that come with arranging or attending a hang-out" giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT