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Tim Dowling: I’m at a cashless festival – why does it feel like a dystopian future?

It took me half an hour to add £30 to my wristband and buy a pint at a festival – no wonder the fiddle player looks dazed

Blacks Can’t Swim: Rewind review – a deep dive back into troubled waters

The third in a series of films that asks why swimming at all levels in the UK is such a stubbornly white activity

‘I’m the perfect person to show life at rock bottom’ – comic Jayde Adams becomes the life guru next door

The comedian’s new podcast plunders neighbourhood messageboards for fun, feuds, gossip and second-hand goldfish. She explains all – and looks ahead to her Edinburgh show, a support group for men in crisis

‘Walk around eccentrically with a large baguette’: seven ways to cope when everyone you know is on holiday in Europe

As friends, colleagues and dog groomers jet off on far-flung vacations, here’s how to alleviate holiday envy – via any means possible

‘Mid-century millennial’ – the ubiquitous look that took over a generation’s homes

Curvy sofas, industrial finishes, pastel overload … mid-century-ish furnishings have come to define the millennial look. What’s the appeal – and what will our homes look like next?

The secret to finding true joy online? Embracing your most cringeworthy self

Ditching perfectly filtered selfies and carefully curated memes for posts that show our real, messy selves might feel embarrassing, but it’s good for us, writes Ione Gamble

Gatlopp: Hell of a Game review – supernatural board-game yarn is a low-budget Jumanji

Peppy comedy sets four jaded Los Angelenos up with a perilous challenge that could go on for eternity – and certainly has franchise potential

Rise of the sides: how Grindr finally recognized gay men who aren’t tops or bottoms

The dating app’s new category offers visibility to those who have long felt isolated when it comes to sex

‘Insecurity was my biggest motivator’: how Dragons’ Den’s Steven Bartlett became a ‘happy sexy millionaire’

He’s an entrepreneur, a successful podcaster and a TV star – and still only 29. He explains what drives him, why he is happy to interview controversial guests and how he deals with critics

The Splitwise app is excellent for divvying up the bill, but it can’t fix human nature

It’s great to split everything fairly – until you’re transferring each other 34p, and haggling over who had more of the tequila, says writer Imogen West-Knights

Life inside the wild London club where lesbians were free to be themselves

A new documentary takes viewers back down the rickety stairs to the trailblazing Gateways in Chelsea

Owner of Marilyn Monroe dress says Kim Kardashian did not ‘in any way’ damage it

Ripley’s Believe It or Not! defended loaning Monroe’s ‘Happy Birthday’ gown to the reality TV star and said its importance ‘has not been negated, but rather highlighted’

Kim Kardashian accused of doing ‘permanent damage’ to Marilyn Monroe’s dress

The celebrity faces backlash after attending the Met Gala last month sporting the gown in which Monroe serenaded President Kennedy

Best running gear: top gadgets to keep you motivated

From music on the go to GPS watches and apps such as Strava, tech to help you clock up the miles

Fake nudes: fashion embraces the return of photo-realistic nipples

Kylie Jenner posts a gasp-inducing selfie in a Gaultier bikini and Miley Cyrus poses in Sinead Gorey’s ‘naked’ top

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