‘Why are my biceps so small?’ The boys and young men turning to steroids

A generation of young people are being raised on a vision of masculinity that glorifies muscular bodies. Performance and image enhancing drugs offer a quick – but potentially risky – way to achieve their goal

My petty gripe: allowing hot food in cinemas is the end of civilisation

Nothing interrupts the escape into movie world like the pungent whiff of reheated four-cheese arancini

Romcoms are clearly fantasy – but divorce sequels aren’t the answer

Who wants to see the Notting Hill follow-up where it all falls apart? Not me – I’d rather recover my faith in the possibility of love, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

Blake Lively sees wide support in lawsuit against co-star Justin Baldoni

Actor filed sexual harassment complaint against director amid allegation he launched smear campaign against her

Death is at the heart of Christmas. That’s why we love to tell festive ghost stories

It’s a creepy time of year from The Archers to Nosferatu to Mark Gatiss’ Woman of Stone

True cinematic turkeys achieve a kind of transcendence. Think of Cats or Last Christmas

You can’t simply set out to create a so-bad-it’s-good classic. But this year’s thinly veiled Taylor Swift biopic, Christmas in the Spotlight, could be a contender

How YouTube (and Skibidi Toilet) changed the Christmas toys market

The shift from live TV to video platforms has made toy makers and sellers rethink products and where to sell them

Del Boy did it! Or did he … ? Test your knowledge with our bumper Christmas culture quiz

Do you know your Only Fools from your Dibleys? Are you the No 1 on Christmas No 1s? Prove it with these fiendish festive puzzles

The Christmas that went wrong: I was 19 – and my best friend and a date stood me up

I’d just flown in to New York and it was all going horribly wrong. Then a fortune teller told me something bad was about to happen ...

Cutesy goths and McMansions: the viral 2024 trends you didn’t know about

This year’s TikTok microtrends drew on mid-2000s screensavers and Tuscan kitchens, romanticizing (supposedly) better days

Can’t-do attitude: why the real horror of Nightbitch is weaponised incompetence

Women around me in the cinema groaned at what Amy Adams’ character had to put up with in the film – and it was nothing to do with dogs

From The Substance to Mormon wives: the year pop culture’s stretched, stuffed faces became too strange to ignore

As faces chase agelessness, cosmetic procedures are surging – and the taboo against commenting on women’s appearances is beginning to dissolve

How I escaped the wild west of #cleaneating Instagram and TikTok

Misinformation about health, nutrition and food are rampant on social media. For people prone to eating disorders, this can lead down a dangerous path

‘It’s game over for facts’: how vibes came to rule everything from pop to politics

From voters picking up ‘bad vibes’ to the Brat girl summer, vague instincts now make the world go round. Does this represent a crisis of seriousness or has it always been feelings that make us human?

Who’s the most basic person on the internet? A court will have to decide between these two beige influencers

Sydney Nicole Gifford has accused rival Alyssa Sheil of copying her bland style, in a $150,000 lawsuit over lost income and ‘mental anguish’. What’s behind this race to the bottom, asks Arwa Mahdawi