Do you detest him or want to f**k him? Take the Mash sex columnist's quiz

VIOLENT hatred and hopeless attraction can be hard to tell apart, as proven by both science and Killing Eve. 

Six other people Donald Trump has no idea he's pardoned

CRYPTO billionaire and criminal Changpeng Zhao has been pardoned by president Trump, who has no idea who he is. These six have also been obliviously freed.

Tired all the time? Have you considered shutting up about it

ARE you tired all the time? Doctors believe they have hit upon the incredible solution of you shutting the f**k up about it.

Work-life balance finally achieved by f**king boss

A MAN has achieved the perfect balance between his working life and his personal life by beginning an affair with his boss.

Old people mainly miserable and boring, young report
A NEW survey has found that despite their reputation for cuddly chat and homespun wisdom, the majority of those aged 60 or over are glum, boring moaners.
Your astrological week ahead for November 1st, with Psychic Bob

In 1415 Owain Glyndŵr was defeated, and since then Wales has forever been under the iron grip of the Spar.

Bands with 'Boys' in their name, ranked from rock hard to soft as shite

THEY term themselves ‘boys’ but is the collective noun as in ‘or we’ll get the boys round’ or ‘boys, are you playing nicely’? We sort the boys from the men using it ironically.

We ask you: Should Andrew be forced to have a shittier surname?

NO longer Prince Andrew or the Duke of York, the shamed Royal is still called Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. Should these fancy surnames be removed as well?

'Norfolk: a place for disgrace and exile' is county's new slogan

RESIDENTS of Norfolk are delighted their county has been chosen as the location where a disgraced sex case is to live out his miserable, banished life.

The Archbishop of Canterbury on… how I shall be telling Halloween to f**k off

WAKING up with a hangover so intense that my head changes colour from green to amber to red at regular intervals, I take a few restorative sips of water and reflect on the week’s events. 

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Politics

Oh for f**k's sake, we would never have hyped a Caerphilly by-election if Reform weren't going to win it

ARE you taking the f**king piss, Wales? You think we’d have bothered covering a by-election in bloody Caerphilly if Reform weren’t going to win?

How to be less racist about the Welsh: A guide for Reform politicians

TODAY'S Caerphilly by-election could be a step towards Reform winning the most seats in Wales, polls suggest. But as a party known for their old-school prejudices, here is some advice for candidates.

Brexit: why did nobody point out there could be downsides?

AS the chancellor blames Brexit for damaging the UK’s economy, we ask: why didn’t anyone suggest there could be negative effects back in 2016?

We ask you: What's your best guess as to what the Chinese spying scandal is about?

THE Chinese spy scandal has dominated headlines all week, and in an unguarded moment you may have picked up a few details about it. What is it about?

Spoiler alert: Mone to get away with it

LOOK away if you do not want to ruin the outcome, but Tory peer Michelle Mone will pay back none of the £122m she ripped Britain off for and will face no consequences.

How to avoid talking about Reform taking Russian bribes: a BBC guide

NEED to steer the conversation away from how Reform UK’s former leader in Wales took Russian bribes, in case the electorate hears? Follow this step-by-step BBC guide.

Could he not be called 'Andrew' as well? ask Britain's Andrews
THE nation’s Andrews have asked King Charles if he could also change his brother’s first name to avoid the association.

Society

My love language is wanting a f**king mortgage, woman admits

A WOMAN'S preferred attachment style is to help her pay off hundreds of thousands of pounds over 25 years, she has revealed.

Denial, bargaining, saying sod it and being late for work: The six stages of adjusting to the clocks going back

AN extra hour in bed is small consolation for the dreariness of standard time. These are the steps you will work through as you adjust to omnipresent darkness.

'Me again!' says returning migrant, making a little joke of it

THE migrant removed from Britain under the one-in-one-out scheme said ‘Guess who’s back!’ to border forces on his return, lightening the occasion with a little humour.

Prince Andrew's rent since 2003 vs your rent since 2003: a comparison

PRINCE Andrew has paid no monetary rent on the Royal Lodge since 2003, while you paid tens of thousands in rent for the same period. Who has the better deal?

The big Tesco: Seven Wonders of your Crap Hometown

EVERY unimpressive mid-sized town has features its defensive residents believe make it stand out, and they’re always the same seven things.

I'm totally anonymous now. I could be right behind you and you'd never know. By Andrew
THEY’VE taken it all away from me. My Princehood, my Dukedom, my HRH. And now I’m completely anonymous. I could be anywhere. I could be in the room with you now.

Lifestyle

Five of the best haircuts if you never want to have sex again

EXHAUSTED by all the sex you're getting? Start living like a monk by asking your barber for these hairstyles.

A woman's guide to what men do in the shower

EVER wondered why the man in your life takes so long showering? Here are the things he's doing in the bathroom he'd rather you didn't know about.

Run squawking through an Edinburgh Wool Mill and a fetish shop: how to get Claudia's Traitors style

CLAUDIA Winkleman’s outfits on The Traitors have ordinary people aghast and divorced authoritarian middle-managers wondering how to get the look. Follow these tips.

'Fallen leaves do so put me in mind of Keats': How to get a shag out of autumn

ENJOYING the cold, wet, dark weather? No? Then at least attempt to use the supposed romance of autumn to get into someone’s pants with these tactics.

Six-seven, and other bullshit Gen Z slang that's hurting them more than us

SIX-SEVEN is what the kids are saying, and you’re supposed to care. But does the new generation’s race for fresh online slang just make them easier to ignore? Let’s assess.

'I'm a man who's into lesbians. Not real ones obviously'

AS a millennial, I abhor injustice. Nothing is more important to me than supporting the struggles of historically oppressed groups, most of all sexy lesbians.

'I like a larger Harley Quinn': Your guide to getting laid at comic conventions
LONDON recently hosted Comic Con, and such events are heaving with people cosplaying characters you may well fancy. Here’s how to pull your own Poison Ivy or Kylo Ren.

Relationships

Mystery as platonic friendship ends after romantic rejection

A MAN and woman have abruptly ended their two-year friendship after he unexpectedly made romantic advances, it has emerged.

Why your ex is a classic toxic narcissistic psychopath and you'd take her back tomorrow

AFTER a full nine minutes on an American website, you’ve successfully diagnosed your ex as a narcissist. This explains why the relationship was toxic and why you want her back.

Man dumped for faults shared by all men

A WOMAN has dumped her boyfriend because of a list of faults she has yet to discover are endemic to the male sex.

Man destroys sexy mood by saying he's horny

A MAN has ruined an atmosphere of growing sexual tension by saying he feels 'horny', it has emerged.

They need to dump their side chicks, and other reasons men want to take relationships slow

MEN getting into a new relationship often want to take things slow, but why? Find out with this depressingly honest guide.

Are you worried you've had a one-night stand with ChatGPT? Read our checklist

DATERS on the apps are increasingly using AI to do the difficult early bits of relationships for them. Have you been lured into sex by a large language model? These are the signs.

Science & Technology

All women's sexts peer reviewed

WOMEN have confirmed every sexually explicit text message they send goes through comprehensive rounds of group evaluation.

Internet outage provides tantalising glimpse of a world without this bullshit

YESTERDAY’S widespread internet outage has offered the world a fleeting vision of the paradise life could be if not deluged with endless online bollocks.

Once I can get personalised AI erotica, how am I ever expected to leave the house?

GREAT. Now I can specify my erotic needs – Scarlett Johansson, H-cups, PSCO outfit – and ChatGPT will spin up a bespoke scenario. And I’m meant to leave the house?

The seven stages of your workplace getting obsessed with AI then realising it's bollocks

ANYONE with a job is likely to have witnessed managers gushing about AI then quietly ditching the idea. See where your employer is in the cycle of AI hype.

Quantum mechanics, and other things that are simple if you're thick

NOBEL Prizes are being given out, but do not impress Britain’s many idiots who believe anything they fail to understand is simple. Wayne Hayes explains why they’re bollocks.

A white home counties roadman an' him's crew get bare nuttin' trick or treatin' n ting
WAGWAN? Active J is hexhausted today, fam. Last night, crewdem busted da Halloween trick or treat ting round Active J’s hood. It woz da bare worst hidea hever, innit. 

Arts & Entertainment

Why I'm the perfect choice to host Strictly, by Gregg Wallace

TESS and Claud leaving Strictly doesn’t mean the show has to end - it can easily continue if a beloved household name like me takes over. Here’s why I’m the obvious choice.

BBC launches inquiry into what working-class people like

THE BBC, having sewn up middle-class viewership with The Celebrity Traitors, is to launch a multi-million pound investigation into the tastes of the poor.

'Abject terror makes me horny,' he whispered: Jilly Cooper's unpublished bonkbuster about an affair with Thatcher

A NEW book is claiming Margaret Thatcher had not one but two affairs. And by an amazing coincidence Jilly Cooper was working on a novel about this very subject. Here are some extracts.

Single decent show feeling the pressure to justify streaming subscription

A STREAMING platform’s sole worthwhile show is struggling to justify a monthly fee of £14.99, it has admitted.

Reeves to stay due to popular demand
THE prime minister has decided not to sack Rachel Reeves because you all love her so much and she is doing a great job.

Celebrity

To be fair you'd cheat on Lily Allen too. By David Harbour

I SEE Lily has treated the breakdown of our relationship with the respect it deserves, which is to say, by writing a song about my butt plugs. There’s a bit about a vasectomy as well, is there? Great.

We ask you: who could possibly replace Claudia Winkleman and the other one on Strictly?

CLAUDIA Winkleman and her blonde co-presenter are leaving Strictly Come Dancing and unless they are replaced the BBC is doomed. Who could do it?

It's our turn to f**k, say Daly and Winkleman

CLAUDIA Winkleman and Tess Daly have announced they are leaving Strictly to embark on a no-holds-barred wildly debauched sexual relationship.

Royals can have privacy whenever they give us the money back

THE Royal family can enjoy the privacy they crave as soon as they return their money, art treasures and at least four of their palaces back to the nation.

The Wombles, and other fictional bands more terrifying than anything AI is coming up with
COMPUTERS may be generating nightmare fuel images and weird non-existent bands, but humans are perfectly capable of creating disturbing musical horrors on their own. As these acts prove.

Work

Piss-taking boss expects you to work after lunch

YOUR boss is unfairly expecting you to work at your desk without falling asleep after you have eaten lunch, it has emerged.

Middle manager trials good mood

A MIDDLE manager is experimenting with being pleasant to his staff in a bid to improve their productivity, it has emerged.

You are f**k all like Taylor Swift, pupils remind English teachers

ENGLISH teachers likening themselves to Taylor Swift after the star referred to herself as ‘your English teacher’ have been sternly informed they can f**k off.

Best career motivation is manager who's a complete prick

THERE is no better motivation to get promoted, change career or finally start your own business than having an utter arsehole as your manager, experts have confirmed.

Your salary safe from inflation, reassure bosses

THE 3.8 per cent rise in inflation will not trigger any confusing rises in your take-home pay, the UK’s employers have confirmed.

Manager accused of gaslighting proves staff wrong by denying reality and shifting blame

A RETAIL manager accused of gaslighting his staff hit back by outlining a compelling new narrative which proved they had invented the whole thing to hurt him.

The top five Halloween movies to start your kids on the tragic path to being a goth
HALLOWEEN is the perfect time for a spooky film with the kids. But could it inadvertently lead to them becoming goths? Think twice before settling down with these…

Alcohol

Vermouth and Vimto: Five cocktails to make when you're hammered and you've drunk all the good stuff

HOME from the pub but don’t want the party to end yet? Behold, five questionable mixers you can make without nipping back out to the corner shop.

How to get ripped without giving up booze: Pete Hegseth's high-alcohol workout

ANYONE else sick of gym bros saying you need to give up booze to get shredded? I’ve made heavy drinking part of my workout and I’m fitter than a Navy SEAL. You can be too.

Young people not drinking very specific acceptable amount of alcohol

YOUNG people are either exceeding or falling short of the specific amount of acceptable alcohol consumption older generations dictate, they have admitted.

Wayne Rooney, and five other people it wouldn't surprise you to learn were pissed throughout

WAYNE Rooney has admitted drinking throughout his Manchester United career, explaining a great deal. Perhaps these other luminaries were smashed the whole time.

Everyone paying for what they had is a sign one person got shitfaced

WHENEVER a group of diners decide to pay for exactly what each has consumed it is because one of the group got f**king wrecked, it has been confirmed.

Seven ways you can help victims of natural disasters that require f**k all money or effort
WE all feel sad when we see a disaster on TV, so how can you help without lifting a finger or spending any money whatsoever? Try these nominal acts of charity.