The very famous man at the centre of a years-long journalistic investigation and a months-long legal fight in the UK has been named. Holly Wainwright explains why his name was kept private until now.

The clean girl has packed up her slick-back bun and left the building. Her replacement has smudged eyeliner and teased hair, but it may have taken just as long to get ready. Keeshia Pettit, Stacey Hicks and Holly Wainwright unpack ‘mess-washing’ and why some brands are now telling influencers not to clean their kitchens before they film.

Plus, what makes a good man? Julia Baird and her son Sam asked dozens of men and the answers went everywhere from mateship to the manosphere.

And, Andy Lee went through the Jennifer Hudson spirit tunnel. Stacey has thoughts on what the publicists’ emails must have looked like.

Mia has made something new. It's called Grout. Not Mould. 
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