We ask you: Which iconic British creature must be on banknotes or you'll riot?

THE Bank of England has announced the 18-strong shortlist of beasts for British banknotes and the country is in uproar. Which will you go to war to be included?

Skiving work and other activities surprisingly good for your mental health

COUNTRY walks and meditation aren’t the only boosters for mental health. These easy everyday activities also bring wonderful benefits.

Twats not helping

VIOLENT twats who believe themselves to be helping are emphatically not helping, Britain has agreed.

Job hunting in this market impossible, says teen without CV

A 18-YEAR-OLD who has made no effort to find any kind of job has decided his unemployment is down to global economic factors far beyond his control.

Boards of Canada, and other artists great for working to because they're so ignorable
HEADPHONES in the office? But real, good music too distracting? These meticulous peddlers of dullness have created oeuvres with your eight-hour shift in mind.
Who do you want to tax, and to pay which benefit? Take our quiz

ALL Labour’s discussions are about who to tax and who to give benefits to, according to Pat McFadden. But who would you tax and for whom? Find out.

University once again the preserve of rich idiots

TUITION fees and high-interest student loans have returned Britain’s universities to the domain of the wealthy and stupid, as they were intended to be.

45-year-old who says girls in their 20s are mature asked how many men in their 20s he hangs out with

A 45-YEAR-OLD who exclusively dates women in their 20s while claiming they are ‘emotionally mature’ does not seem to have any male friends of that age.

Six unmarried pop stars you still have a chance with: a guide for deluded men

DUA Lipa is off the market. But do not let that deter you, an overweight man in Reading, from your quest to land a hot, high-earning pop princess. All these are still available.

'That's summer over then' proclaims twat who's probably right

AN office arsehole has greeted the end of the May heatwave by saying ‘Hope you enjoyed summer,’ and the worst of it is that he may well be correct.

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Politics

Your bitter ex, and other people from your past you'd rather hear from than Tony Blair

THE ghoulish spectre of Tony Blair reappeared this week to share his thoughts on current events. Here are five people you’d sooner hear from.

How not to notice a camper van, with Scotland's Nicola Sturgeon

HELLO, I’m former first minister and future Through The Keyhole host Nicola Sturgeon, who is oblivious to 90 per cent of my lived environment and you can be too.

Reform or Restore? A guide to the choice Britain's worst arseholes are making

IN the constituency of Makerfield, knobheads face an agonising dilemma: Nigel Farage’s Reform or Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain? We help them decide.

Win Makerfield, romance Shabana Mahmood, raise Brexit from the dead: the Seven Trials of Andy Burnham

ANDY Burnham must pass seven trials to become prime minister. These are they.

Society

How to survive an endless series of crises when you're in a safe, distant country

UKRAINE, Gaza, Iran, Sudan, melting glaciers. But, through it all, you’ve remained in a nice house in Sussex eating crisps in your joggers. Here’s how to cope.

Trains turn their heating on

AS the mercury shoots up to record temperatures, trains have decided to set their heating to maximum.

I am the seagull who shat on the King, and it was a multi-layered republican critique

AS a seagull, my existence is inherently political. Consequently I have developed a radical consciousness that speaks truth to power and that is why I shat on the King.

Drink pints and eat chips: Manchesterism in practice, explained by a Mancunian

ANDY Burnham is all about Manchesterism. And, what with living in Ardwick, so am I. Let me tell you how it works here on the ground.

The Mary Celeste, and other mysteries with simple explanations and totally bollocks ones

SO bored you’re always Googling various historical mysteries at work, and leaping immediately to believe the most outlandish theory? You should not do that.

Am I part of the whiniest generation in history?

I WAS born in 1994, at the tail end of the shoegaze era. Am I especially unfortunate to be part of the whiniest generation in history?

I discovered masturbation aged 32: The wholesome bodice-ripping yarns of a tradwife
CHOOSING to live by the shackles of olden values doesn’t mean I’m a prude. At times I have not simply lain still and thought of England when making love, but of forbidden Eire as well.

Lifestyle

A swimming pool, and other great heatwave items to be lumbered with

PLANNING to buy cool stuff in a fit of enthusiasm for the hot weather? Definitely purchase these items too expensive to get rid of when the weather turns shit again in a few days’ time.

Text too small, and other legitimate reasons to give up on a book and go on your phone

THE sun is shining, out-of-office is on, it’s a perfect time to read a good book but you don’t want to. Use one of these excuses to squint at your phone instead.

We ask you: What are you going to regret doing in your garden this weekend?

THE year’s first heatwave is here, and with it the chance to perform indoor activities in full view of your neighbours. What will you be ashamed of doing tomorrow?

Past-it old bastard referring to you both as 'people our age'

AN old and decrepit man is under the mistaken impression that you and he are contemporaries.

Masturbating only a sin if you're hot, says church

THE Church of England has announced that self-pleasure is only a real sin if you are attractive to others.

Why I gave up being a fashion editor to become a bricklayer, and why the answer is wealth

I USED to be the fashion editor for British Vogue, and now I’m a bricklayer and hod-carrier. Why? You already know the answer is money, don’t you?

How to go on a Peter Murrell-style domestic spending spree
ARE you keen to spend hundreds of thousands on items the person sharing a home with you can plausibly claim not to have noticed? Waste it like Murrell.

Relationships

Man sleeps with woman to prevent second date

A MAN who wanted to avoid the awkwardness of turning a woman down after their first date achieved the same result by having sex with her instead.

Boyfriend subject to hour-long monologue about need for more communication

A MAN has nodded through a 60-minute monologue from his girlfriend on how they need to sit down and have a proper talk about their relationship.

Asking what you are to each other, and other ways to get a man to ditch you

WANT to terminate a relationship abruptly? Say any of the following and you’ll never see him again.

Couple in budding relationship agree to stop ghosting other people

A MAN and woman about to get into a serious relationship have made the mutual decision to stop ghosting other people.

Woman against one-night stands keeps man pointlessly hanging around for eight months

A 26-YEAR-OLD woman who prides herself on not having one-night stands has instead unnecessarily kept one in her life for two-thirds of a year.

'How long has it been now?' and other thoughts women have during cunnilingus

BLESS him for trying, but cunnilingus can drag on with no end in sight. Here is what's running through a woman’s mind when the dreaded erotic situation occurs.

Champions League commiseration bus cruises through London without fanfare
A OPEN-TOP bus commiserating Arsenal’s Champions League defeat has driven through London’s empty streets without acknowledgement or fuss.

Science & Technology

We ask you: What is Nasa hoping to find on the Moon?

POPULAR T-shirt manufacturer Nasa is racing China to land a manned flight on the lunar surface. What do they expect to find there?

VR headsets, and other technologies you got bored of after 20 minutes

ONCE it was the next big thing, now you can’t even Freecycle it. Were you one of the visionaries who bought a piece of the future that turned out to be a dusty piece of crap?

Baby names, long emotional messages to men, unattainable life goals: what girls have in their phone notes

CAMERON, Ezra, Hector? 22 reasons why you’re emotionally dead and need therapy, Mark. Become size eight. A woman’s Notes app offers regrettable insights.

Is this email spam, or is Elon Musk offering you sperm to have his children?

IS this a spam email, or is it a genuine offer from Elon Musk to send you frozen sperm to birth yet more of his legion of children? You decide!

Clickbait headline admittedly rather intriguing

A MAN cannot help but admit that a clickbait headline has done an incredible job of piquing his fickle interest.

Flight attendants, and other women your boyfriend saves a creepy little smile for
THAT sickly, ingratiating grin isn’t for everyone. It isn’t for you. It seems to specifically be for women employed to serve him, like these.

Arts & Entertainment

The Case of the Missing Katie Price Husband: A new Sherlock Holmes mystery

SHERLOCK Holmes is always inspiring new stories, so who better to solve the mystery of Katie Price’s missing husband Lee? Or will this impenetrable case stump even the famous sleuth?

Six reality TV ideas that didn't make anyone say 'Actually let's not do this'

SERIOUS allegations are hanging over Channel 4’s Married at First Sight, but it’s not the first reality show to see nothing wrong with engineering appalling situations. Like these:

The five very peculiar boxes Josh Widdicombe ticks as Strictly host

JOSH Widdicombe’s casting as the new Strictly Come Dancing host? Just the latest BBC box-ticking exercise. Specifically these.

How to consistently be the worst at Eurovision: a UK guide

WANT to barely scrape last place at Eurovision year after year with entries that genuinely make you ashamed? Learn from the country that has perfected the art.

We ask you: How will you stop politics influencing your sacred Eurovision vote?

THE Eurovision Song Contest is a safe space away from any political leanings, which is why Ukraine beat Sam Ryder in 2022. How will you keep it that way?

Five possible reasons Euphoria and Rivals are popular, all of which are sex

EUPHORIA and Rivals are the biggest shows on TV right now, but why? Here are five potential reasons, all genital-based.

Past-it old bastard includes you when referring to 'people our age'
A FUSTY old geezer seems to be under the mistaken impression that you and he are in some way contemporaries.

Celebrity

Piers Morgan, and other people who clung on and are now loved by everyone

KEIR Starmer is so right to face down his massive unpopularity, as proved by these examples of people who bounced back from being hated to become the nation’s darlings.

Woman knew Vernon and Tess would split because he sexted a Page 3 girl in 2010

A SWINDON woman is unsurprised that Vernon Kay and Tess Daly have separated, because 16 years ago he sent numerous explicit texts to a Page 3 stunner.

We ask you: What school would you send Prince George to?

THE 12-year-old heir to the throne is moving to big school, but which educational establishment should we pay the fees for him to attend?

Animal kingdom gets David Attenborough strippergram for his birthday

THE animal kingdom have clubbed together to get Sir David Attenborough a birthday greeting performed by a stripper, they have revealed. 

Kate going to Italy to take lover

THE Princess of Wales has announced she is embarking on a solo trip to Italy where she intends to take a lover.

We ask you: Which dictator should we send King Charles to dance for next?

OUR monarch has done as he was told and performed a humiliating little show for president Trump. Which potentate who hates laws should he do it for next?

Your astrological week ahead for May 30th, with Psychic Bob
‘No show without Punch,’ they say. Well I’ve just watched Les Miserables and he wasn’t in it once.

Work

All homeworkers naked

ALL homeworkers are completing their allotted tasks and attending meetings entirely naked, they have confirmed.

'It's probably AI,' says man who doesn’t understand what AI is

YOUR middle-aged co-worker who confidently opines on any subject he does not understand has begun stating everything is ‘probably AI’.

Man hates the snivelling maggot he becomes in covering letters

THE grovelling sentences a man comes out with when writing a covering letter disgust him to his core, it has emerged.

32-year-old has crush

A 32-YEAR-OLD man has been forced to confront the fact that, as well as a mortgage and back pain triggered by sleeping the wrong way, he also has a crush.

All your colleagues hate you, and other subtle signs it's time to leave your job

WONDERING if you're outstaying your welcome in your job? Look out for these telltale signs.

Builders annoyed it's another bloody homeworker

A TEAM of builders contracted to construct a home extension are disappointed to learn it is yet another bloody homeworker.

Parents of pretentious teen wish he'd get into beer and football
THE parents of a teenager who opines on Bertolt Brecht and Brutalist buildings wish he would drink cider and vomit at bus stops like his peers.

Alcohol

UK trains best enjoyed four beers in

NEW research has found making a train journey in Britain can be survived and even enjoyed if the passenger has drunk enough.

We ask you: Should children should be given their own pubs?

CHILDREN are disturbing heavy-drinking adults at their serious work of getting shitfaced, so should they be given pubs of their own?

Ireland's rich culture and complicated history celebrated via beer

IRELAND’S proud Celtic heritage and long, complex history is being celebrated by millions drinking ceremonial pints of beer.

Man never more than eight hours from beer

A MAN is never more than 480 minutes from being able to neck pints of delicious, refreshing beer, it has emerged.

We ask you: Which deeply exploitative reality show are you pretending it's ethical to watch?
MARRIED At First Sight has shocked viewers by horribly and openly exploiting participants. Which reality show are you convincing yourself it’s okay to watch instead?