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Straight Up — 267 episodes · page 1 of 3

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The Victoria’s Secret fashion show, Sally Rooney and the Girls reboot

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Elizabeth Day’s TV thriller, Mark Zuckerberg and when comedians go too far

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The Celebrity Traitors, Sienna Miller’s War and when Hollywood divorces get ugly

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Taylor Swift’s Encore, Amelia Dimoldenberg and the female rivalry trap

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Ed Sheeran, Lena Dunham and the ethics of surrogacy

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THERAPY: ChatGPT, false memories and weaponised ‘therapy speak’

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Alix Earle, her Alex Cooper feud and the business of influence

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Ali G, the Met Gala backlash and cleavage’s big comeback

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North West, Meghan Markle’s return and the man-child epidemic

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The Ariana Grande discourse, ACOTAR and Nicole Kidman’s Vogue backlash

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Nara Smith, the tradwife discourse and this year’s buzziest crime thriller

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FRIENDSHIP BREAKUPS: ghosting, group dynamics and comparison culture

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Our plastic surgery nightmare, Love Island and marital misery in The Invite

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Katie Price’s doc, The Odyssey and Justin Bieber vs Madonna

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The best books of 2026 so far

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Why we’re all bored of everything

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Taylor Swift’s wedding, Olivia Wilde and the rise of singles nights

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Ariana Grande, Brooklyn Beckham’s ad and reporting a police officer

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Margot Robbie, Emma Grede and the politics of pregnancy

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Dua Lipa's wedding, the Alex Cooper backlash and sex therapy

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ASK US ANYTHING: Tweakments, body image and gender disappointment

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Married at First Sight, Rivals, and Maya Jama's break up

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Deborah Frances-White: dating apps, manosphere ideology and Steven Bartlett

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Dua Lipa’s lawsuit, Britney Spears and the peptides craze

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The Devil Wears Prada 2, Anna Wintour and the Met Gala

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Half Man, Harry Styles’ engagement to Zoë Kravitz and Russell Brand’s bible

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OnlyFans, Margo’s Got Money Troubles and the D4vd charges

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Lena Dunham’s memoir, Euphoria and the Katy Perry allegations

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Zendaya’s The Drama, Kanye West and a tradwife nightmare

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Harry Potter, The Pitt and Sydney Sweeney's latest controversy

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The Chappell Roan controversy, Barry Keoghan and SNL UK

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Louis Theroux, the manosphere and the hell of being a teenage girl

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Harry Styles, Sarah J. Maas and the Timothée Chalamet backlash
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Love Story: JFK Jr & Carolyn Bessette, Olivia Dean and the Jay Shetty cult

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America’s Next Top Model, Gordon Ramsay and the BAFTAs

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Gisèle Pelicot, celeb power couples and splitting the bill

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WUTHERING HEIGHTS: chemistry, controversies and our honest review
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Jacob Elordi, the Wuthering Heights press tour and motherhood horrors
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Chappell Roan, Kim K’s Lewis Hamilton romance and Katie Price’s scammer husband

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Taylor vs Blake, the future of Brand Beckham and Sophie Turner’s Steal

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Harry Styles, Heated Rivalry and Paul Mescal in Hamnet

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BROOKLYN BECKHAM: the family feud goes nuclear
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Timothée Chalamet, Steven Bartlett and Kendall Jenner’s plastic surgery

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The Traitors, new Bond Callum Turner and The Housemaid
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The 10 best books of 2025
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The 10 best TV shows of 2025
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Taylor Swift’s Eras doc, Bonnie Blue and the biggest film of 2025
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The Diddy documentary, Sydney Sweeney and Miley Cyrus’ younger man

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Ed Sheeran, Wicked 2 and the new British ‘Gossip Girl’ Wild Cherry

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Jennifer Lawrence, Charli XCX on pop stardom and The Beast In Me

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The best films of 2025 (LIVE from Curzon cinema)
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Caroline Flack, The Devil Wears Prada 2 and Hilary Duff's comeback

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Sydney Sweeney’s reputation, Timotheé Chalamet and Jennifer Lawrence’s return

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How boyfriends became embarrassing, David Harbour and Jennifer Aniston
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Lily Allen’s West End Girl, Nobody Wants This and Julia Roberts’ controversial thriller

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The myth of ‘having it all’ and how to break free
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Kim Kardashian, Dua Lipa’s real-life rom com and why fluffy celeb interviews are out
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Celebrity traitors, Ariana Grande and Keira Knightley’s new thriller
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VICTORIA BECKHAM: marriage, money and the Brooklyn fall out
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Taylor Swift’s Life of a Showgirl, The Threesome and Nicole Kidman

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Emma Watson, Leonardo DiCaprio and open relationships
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Harry Styles, controversial new Bumble film Swiped and Reese Witherspoon
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The Summer I Turned Pretty, marriage resentment and The Girlfriend
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Wuthering Heights, Jacob Elordi's next role and a wild RichTok wedding

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OZEMPIC: medical miracle or body image nightmare?
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Sabrina Carpenter, the Lily Phillips doc and Meghan Markle’s return

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Serena Williams’ weight-loss ad, Millie Bobby Brown and the twisted tale of Amanda Knox
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Taylor Swift, the horror renaissance and another Beckham update
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THERAPY: ChatGPT, false memories and therapy speak
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Freakier Friday, Pamela Anderson and why 'all the good men are taken'

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Caroline O’Donoghue, stolen time and the problem with selling trauma

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Bonnie Blue’s shocking new doc and the ‘real’ Gwyneth Paltrow

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Cheating ethics, sextortion scammers and Love Island’s manosphere

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Surgery, celeb gossip, dating and babies: your questions answered!

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Lena Dunham's Too Much, the Salt Path controversy and a Beckham prenup
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Brad Pitt’s PR tricks, the American Apparel cult and Charlize Theron

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The Bezos wedding, surgery transparency and a Glastonbury debrief
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NOUGHTIES IT GIRLS: feuds, falls and the reign of the tabloids
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WEDDINGS: pop culture, tradition and marital myths
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Sabrina Carpenter, Alex Cooper and the new age of sexism

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Bonnie Blue’s petting zoo, Billie Eilish and Blake Lively’s big win

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FRIENDSHIP BREAKUPS: ghostings, exes and group politics
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Sydney Sweeney’s bathwater, the ‘literary man’ and a Beckham feud update

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Chris Hughes and JoJo Siwa, Sirens and the Hollywood facelift

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ONLYFANS: Bonnie Blue, sex stunts and the rise of the porn 'influencer'

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The Diddy trial, Jameela Jamil and why your phone is making you unsexy

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Dua Lipa, #SkinnyTok and the labubu doll craze

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AMBITION: does anyone enjoy their job anymore?

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The Beckham family fallout, Met Gala drama and Dolly Alderton on friends

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Sinners, Louis Theroux’s new doc and the latest Blake Lively ‘feud’

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HENS: the most divisive hallmark of female friendship?
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The Last of Us, ACOTAR and touchy-feely friendships

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Elizabeth Day: pop culture, friendship and getting over the ick

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Black Mirror, the Beckham feud and WhatsApp group politics

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Sydney Sweeney, Chappell Roan and dystopian pregnancy

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MOVING: flatshares, break-ups and escaping the endless grind

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Temptation Island, Gwyneth Paltrow and incest at The White Lotus

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Adolescence, Fourth Wing and what ‘really’ counts as cheating
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With Love Meghan, a Blake Lively update and being abandoned by friends
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Millie Bobby Brown, ageing and Lucy Boynton on domestic violence

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