Straight Up

The Victoria’s Secret fashion show is back and seemingly more popular than ever, just years after it was dismissed as sexist and outdated. So how did we get here, and why are we suddenly celebrating a version of femininity we thought we’d left behind? Also this week: the newly-announced reboot of Lena Dunham’s Girls and whether it can capture the zeitgeist again, the controversy surrounding Sally Rooney’s book ban, plus reviews of Florence Pugh’s East of Eden adaptation and Ben Affleck’s new Netflix thriller.

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Recs/ reviews:

East of Eden, Netflix
Animals, Netflix
Jon Ronson on The Louis Theroux Podcast
Office Romance, Netflix
The Sheep Detectives, Amazon Prime
So, Girls is coming back for 5 fresh eps… Lena Dunham’s substack
Who Exactly Is The Victoria’s Secret Show For? Otegha Uwagba for Grazia
Why terrorism laws stopped Sally Rooney selling books in the UK, Today in Focus
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Elizabeth Day’s bestselling novel The Party has been turned into a glossy new TV thriller with Luke Evans, exploring toxic friendships and the dark side of the British upper classes. Plus, a comedian has sparked a furious backlash after calling women in gym shorts “whores” on SNL. Is misogyny being repackaged as edgy comedy? Also on the show: the must-watch new series of prison drama Time starring David Tennant and the questions it raises about our broken criminal justice system, a gripping new investigative podcast about an LA couple who had 21 children via surrogacy, a review of Jeremy Strong’s turn as Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Reckoning and Nara Smith’s “sexy rebrand”.

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Recs/ reviews

Honeybloom jewellery (IG @honeybloomstore)
The Journey, New Yorker podcast
Time s3, BBC iPlayer
Criminal: How Our Prisons Are Failing Us All, Angela Kirwin
Sing Sing, Netflix
The Party, ITVx
Elizabeth Day: How I finally got my book The Party on TV, The Times
The Social Reckoning, in cinemas
The Interview, NYT, Aaron Sorkin
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Sienna Miller and Dominic West play a celebrity couple at war in Sky’s hyped new divorce drama, so this week we’re getting into some of Hollywood’s messiest breakups – not to mention the stars’ own experiences with relationship scrutiny – from Halle Berry’s current custody battle to how Olivia Wilde and Tom Cruise were both “blindsided” by their exes. Also on the show: The Celebrity Traitors is back and we couldn’t be more thrilled, why contestant Richard E. Grant has our hearts, the Fourth Wing prequel and a review of Daisy Edgar Jones’ Sense and Sensibility. Plus, we reveal all the details of our first ever virtual book club!

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Recs / reviews:

Sense and Sensibility, in cinemas now
War, Sky / Now TV
‘I’d strip for £100!’ Dominic West and Sienna Miller on nudity, narcissism and their juicy new show War, Guardian
Threshing Day, Rebecca Yarros
The Celebrity Traitors, BBC
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Miquita Oliver went on Fearne Cotton’s Happy Place pod this week, marking the end of a decades-long feud fuelled by the toxic tabloid culture of the early noughties. We debrief on their heart-warming reconciliation and how female rivalry is so often rooted in insecurity. Also on the show: Amelia Dimoldenberg hosted SNL, Taylor Swift has upset fans and critics alike with her latest release Encore (despite cleaning up at the VMAs on Sunday) and Vogue is engulfed in yet another controversy after the company behind Mounjaro sponsored its latest event. Plus: Colin From Accounts season three, Anne Hathaway’s dinosaur movie and a couple of great recs for weekend watching. Enjoy huns!

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Recs/reviews

SNL UK, NOWTV
Colin from Accounts, iPlayer
Last Seen, AppleTV
Wasteman, Netflix
End of Oak Street, AppleTV
Taylor Swift Is Losing Us, Vulture
Taylor Swift’s Shrinking World, Substack
Miquita Oliver on The Happy Place podcast
‘It’s problematic’: concern as weight-loss jab maker sponsors Vogue World event, Guardian
I was hurt. It was spiteful: Alexandra Shulman on life after Vogue, The Times
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From Lena Dunham announcing the birth of her baby girl via surrogate in a fashion piece for Vogue, to Ed Sheeran’s PR disaster over Palestine and free speech, this week both celebs have found themselves at the centre of debates they’d tried to side-step. Is commercial surrogacy inherently “anti-feminist”? And can stars really be apolitical in this day and age? Also on the show: we review Sharon Horgan’s brilliant new series YOUTH, all about ageing anxiety and dating in your 50s.

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Recs/reviews

YOUTH, HBO Max
Sharon Horgan: My sexual shelf life and dating over 50, The Times
Lena Dunham Is a Mother! The Sweet, Singular Story of How She Prepared, Vogue
Whose Babies Are These? A Chinese man hired a Florida surrogate, then didn’t pick up his kids, sparking a custody battle that could upend the industry, The Cut
When Political Reality Collides With Ed Sheeran, New York Times
Ed Sheeran wants to stay out of politics. By quitting his tour, his support acts have exposed the hollowness of neutrality, Guardian
‘With Gaza, I Couldn’t Not Speak Out’: Ms. Rachel on Controversy, Fame, and the Future, Rolling Stone
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