Workhouse orphan to lord of all you survey: the lifestyle your astronomical London salary buys around Britain

YOU’RE on £95,000pa, and in the capital you’re lucky if that buys you Pret. In the rest of Britain your epic London salary could get you so much more.

It's alright, he's basking in God's forgiveness

MINOR issues like earthy incarceration are as nothing to a committed Christian who knows the infinite mercy of our benevolent Lord, the public has been assured.

Reactions mixed to two-hour Christopher Nolan M&S Christmas advert

VIEWERS have been left confused by a festive Christopher Nolan advert for M&S involving multiple quantum Santas in reversed timelines.

Fire up Teams at 9am: Get ready with me as a lazy WFH employee

I TAKE work seriously, which is why I allow myself a crucial three minutes of preparation time before clocking on for my work-from-home position. This is how I do it.

Five high-intensity sex acts to keep you warm this winter, with the Mash sex columnist
THE temperature is falling as energy prices are rising, so there’s only one choice this winter: banging for heat. Skip hot-water bottles for these high-effort, low-reward positions.
How to turn any occasion into a race riot, with Tommy Robinson

HEY there, Tommy Robinson here, not sentenced yet. This weekend I attended a boxing match in Ireland which I turned into a race riot. And you can too! Follow these rules.

Man and woman on date hope they have love of sex in common

A MAN and woman out on a date both secretly hope they have the one thing that really matters in a relationship in common.

Is the 48-year-old payroll manager you're having an affair with a Chinese spy?

HAVING a good old-fashioned workplace affair? Suddenly concerned it’s not just because she’s terminally bored, but because she’s spying for China? Find out.

Believing you bought a real Rolex from Temu, and other scams for thick people

ANYONE can fall victim to a scam, if they’re distracted, greedy or thick enough. All these are aimed firmly at the last category.

Quiet quitting, and six other new things people have always done

DOING the bare minimum at work is now called ‘quiet quitting’ instead of what it used to be called, which was ‘work’. People in their 20s also believed they invented these...

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Politics

Donald Trump's guide to what makes for a good male arse

TRUMP has oddly started showing an interest in men's buttocks. Here the broadminded aesthete explains what qualities you should look for in a man's mudflaps.

Press scouring Britain for remaining Brexiters

THE UK’s media has announced it will not stop searching until it has found a critical mass of between three and 15 Brexiters angry at plans to reverse it.

'U up?' UK texts EU

BRITAIN has texted the EU at 3am to see if it is still awake for some casual, no-strings-attached fun, it has emerged.

We were Russian agents all along, admit your Brexiter parents

YOUR elderly parents have admitted they only voted for Brexit because they have been in the pay of Russia for 40 years, and your real surname is Denisovich.

Your astrological week ahead for November 7th, with Psychic Bob
You could call anywhere the ‘land of the rising sun’. Lincolnshire, even.

Society

How to be an insufferable middle-class family commandeering public transport

TAKING a bus or train? Arrogant enough to assume the entire space belongs to you and your children, should you so wish it? Ignore all established etiquette like this.

Dictionaries beg sensible older people to invent some words

THE Collins English Dictionary has admitted it was forced to include ‘mogging’ in its new edition because rational older users of language do not make up enough bullshit.

Do you, personally, deserve reparations for history's injustices? Take our quiz

NATIONS built on British slavery are demanding reparations for historic wrongs, but what about you? Your life isn’t all easy. Don’t you deserve something? Find out.

How to be outraged about the Oxford Street pedestrianisation even if you live in Wigan

HAS something happened in the capital you don't live in and which will never affect you? Get furious about it anyway with this rational guide.

Gammon outraged that blue-haired leftie is wearing poppy

A RUDDY-FACED patriot is furious that one of his political enemies is commemorating Britain’s war dead in a way everyone is allowed to.

Divorced woman has first healing bout of masturbation
A RECENTLY divorced woman said the road to recovery has begun with her first blissful and freeing wank as a single woman.

Lifestyle

Freak has energy to do things on a weeknight

A DEEPLY disturbing man has the stamina to go out on Monday to Thursday evenings and wants to know if you are ready to join him.

Middle-class couple describe £900 weekend away as 'little break'

A COUPLE who spent close to a thousand pounds on three days in Vienna have called what to others would be a major financial event a mere ‘trippette’.

Five levels of denial of the adult male still in a band

ARE you getting older and are in a band that appears, to other people, to be going nowhere fast? Here’s how to justify it to yourself and your weary partner and friends.

We ask you: How are you not bothering with any of this Halloween shit?

IT’S easy to feel Halloween should be a spooky extravaganza due to all the suggestions and tips in the media. So how are you deciding you can’t be arsed?

Man curious what blowjob from man would be like

A HETEROSEXUAL man has yet again found himself wondering if oral sex performed by another man would be different and possibly better.

Dad turning the heating on doesn't know who he even is anymore

THE foundations of a father’s identity have been shaken after he decided to put the heating on before November.

We ask you: What product are you pre-emptively furious about the EU banning?
BRITAIN is aligning with EU food standards, which means out-of-touch Eurocrats once again banning all we hold dear. Which product are you ready to riot over?

Relationships

Six big mistakes you'll date just so your ex finds out

WANT to prove to your ex what a terrible act they committed in dumping you? These six red flags will force them to take you back out of basic decency.

Romantic or stalkery? How it all depends on whether she fancies you back

GRAND romantic gesture, or difficult to explain to the police? It’s a surprisingly fine line, and all of these hinge on whether she considers you fit.

Finger sucking, and other unpleasant experiences men think are turning you on

DOES your inept partner keep trying to arouse you with random foreplay techniques he’s convinced himself are incredibly sexy? Beware of these.

Lesbian left questioning sexuality after man in Wetherspoons reveals he could turn her straight

A LESBIAN is reconsidering everything after a drunk man convincingly pitched heterosexuality to her in a pub last night. 

Londoner could maybe have affair in six months

A MAN living and working in London could maybe squeeze in an extramarital tryst around six months from now.

How to pull a female police officer at 2am, by a pissed chancer

MEETING the police is usually to be avoided, but men often feel differently when the club shuts and they’re female. Here are some ways to impress while shitfaced.

Science & Technology

The Northern Lights and other wonders of the natural world you can see on your phone

THANKS to Google, once-in-a-lifetime spectacles can be seen from the comfort of your phone at any time. Including these.

Men disappointed not all mathematicians are hot

MEN who equate advanced mathematical ability with hotness after Hannah Fry’s stint on Celebrity Traitors are confused that not all in the profession are equally gorgeous.

Tesla unveils new way to identify dickheads

ELON Musk’s car company Tesla has launched an effective new way to tell if someone is an insufferable bellend.

Hey ChatGPT, I've just done a shit, should I wipe my arse?

SO, all this brown stuff just plopped out of my bottom and into the toilet. What should I do next?

AI sell-off endangering livelihoods of some real pricks
THE global plunge in AI-related stock means a number of absolute copper-bottomed wankshafts are facing hilarious bankruptcy.

Arts & Entertainment

Thinking the unthinkable: Is The Celebrity Traitors just another daft reality show?

DESPITE last night's events, there's noticeably less fervour surrounding The Celebrity Traitors than when it started. Dare anyone suggest it's just another slightly silly reality TV show? Here's why it might be.

'I improvised all the funny lines' and other actors' lies

IT’S fair enough when actors lie about being chased by a Terminator or whatever, but not so much when they lie about the not-made-up world. Here are six of their most common porkies.

We ask you: Which aging British character actor should be the next James Bond?

BRITAIN needs a new Bond, and rather than young Americans we should look to homegrown performers usually seen on ITV1 on Sunday evenings. Who are you backing?

Next successful BBC spin-off to be Celebrity Strictly

FOLLOWING the huge success of The Celebrity Traitors the BBC is planning to produce a spin-off of Strictly Come Dancing with celebrities.

'More of your National Front memories after this from Phil Collins': 25 minutes with GB News Radio

GB News is launching its own radio station to win round those few Britons not already devoted to its TV channel. Here’s a sneak preview.

Scottish music: Should you listen to it?

SHARLEEN Spiteri chose not to go on The Celebrity Traitors, it turns out. But this reminder of Texas raises a wider question: should you listen to Scottish music? Let’s look at the nation’s top songs.

The Archbishop of Canterbury on… sign up for WW3 or it might affect your job prospects
WAKING up with a hangover so intense it spontaneously transmits false nuclear attack warnings, I gulp down water and reflect on an important ecumenical event that took place this week. 

Celebrity

Six excellent replacements for World of David Walliams

ALTON Towers has closed down its World of David Walliams attraction, who knows why. Which of these celebs could inspire its replacement?

Martha Stewart, and six other US stars who do not translate

MARTHA Stewart is in the news, and once again Britons are unable to fathom why because she has no equivalent in the UK. These also failed to cross the Atlantic.

Tragic: Sir Patrick Stewart will never know who won Traitors

SIR Patrick Stewart's passing is all the more heartbreaking because he will never find out if Maya murdered Michael Sheen.

Can we honestly say Meghan is not to blame for her father? By the Daily Mail

THE allegations about Meghan Markle’s estranged father are disgusting, and obviously no sane person would hold her responsible in any way. But is that true?

Seven good reasons we need to stop making sportspeople knights

PRINCE William has said he enjoyed knighting rugby star Kevin Sinfield, but should we really keep pretending sportspersons are historical horse warriors? Here’s why not.

Royals to follow well-worn 'dealing with nonce allegations' protocol

FOLLOWING allegations about Meghan Markle’s father, the Royal family is to follow its tried and tested nonce protocol.

Cowardly boyfriend proposes via text
A PATHETIC, spineless man has popped the question to his long-term girlfriend via text.

Work

Parking at work now hardest part of most jobs

FINDING a parking space is the most challenging aspect of the average working week, according to a new survey.

Angry emails 'a threat to traditional bollockings'

AN overreliance on irate emails is leaving Britain’s bosses incapable of delivering furious face-to-face criticism, research has found.

Six knackering manual professions office workers stupidly dream of doing

WISTFULLY staring at manual workers imagining they have it easier than you? Any one of these good, honest careers would cause your underpaid limbs immense pain.

I'm 45 with £900,000 in my pension. Should I retire early or did I just want you to know that?

DUE to my six-figure income and shrewd investments I have close to a million in my pension scheme. Should I give up work, or am I content with showing off in this article?

Stunned team staggers out of two-hour meeting with no clue what happened in there

A TWO-HOUR Monday morning meeting has ended with all participants drained, shaken and unable to explain what went on.

We might have needed some serious societal self-examination if this wasn't the BBC's and the left's fault
BRITAIN has breathed a sigh of relief that the crimes of Russell Brand were not the fault of his industry or his audience or the patriarchy but the BBC.

Alcohol

Anyone ordering pint of bitter must prove they are over 40

PUB customers will have to pass an age check to prove they are middle-aged enough to drink Britain’s many indifferent bitters.

Man's hangover cures becoming increasingly elaborate

A MAN’S attempts to cure his hangovers are getting increasingly complicated to the point where they may be too difficult to do while hungover. 

I got completely shitfaced at a gastropub: my story

THEY sell pints. but we all know they’re actually about the fancy food. Yet I dared to dream, challenged the herd and got absolutely wrecked at a country gastropub.

How to hang out with old friends who are dismayingly teetotal now

MEETING an old pal you haven't seen in years only to find he’s not only sober, but proud of it? Here’s how the long, long evening will inevitably pan out.

Snus left in urinals establish pub's autumnal hygge

DISCARDED nicotine pouches yellowing in urinal troughs in are ushering in a public house’s seasonal transition to Scandinavian cosiness.

How your shitty little town can host its own Oktoberfest

EXPERIENCED Munich’s festival of outdoor beer-swilling and keen to attract similar drunken overspending to your provincial piss-pot parish? Go ahead.

How to have a bullshit career in fashion like Kanye and the rest
THIS week Kanye West held his own fashion show in LA, and all the celebs supposedly design clothes these days. They've got no training in it, so why not have a go yourself? Here’s how.