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The High Cost of Beauty

3 December 2025
We all want to look our best. But when it starts to mess with how you feel about yourself, that’s when it gets tricky

The Real-Life Haunting of Annabelle

17 November 2025
She’s become a pop-culture icon, a star in the Conjuring film universe, helping to generate billions of dollars. But the doll that inspired the movies…

Game On?

6 October 2025
People who play video games alone for endless hours are addicted and need help. We look at the debate raging over whether the love for the…

Seth Rogen is the Boss Now

17 September 2025
You know him for his comedies, and his raspy chuckle. In his new series, The Studio, Rogen plays an aspiring Hollywood mogul. But in real…

Soft Power: Giorgio Armani in Japan

6 September 2025
In honour of his death this week, we republish our Esquire UK September-October 2019 issue story of the legendary fashion designer

Island Life

12 August 2025
Roger W Smith is considered by many to be the world’s greatest living watchmaker, a title he’s not entirely comfortable with. But the few who…

Has wellness become toxic?

5 August 2025
Can too much "wellness" actually be bad for you? An investigation...

Martyn Stewart, the Man Who Collects the Earth

24 May 2025
Martyn Stewart has had brushes with death, spent nights behind bars in foreign countries and received threats from large corporations whose acts of animal cruelty…

Why Tennis Incites Anger

20 May 2025
Many tennis players struggle to contain their emotions on the court. What is it about the sport that provokes rage?

The Perfect Girlfriend

10 March 2025
Flirty, sexy, seductive, supportive. Your AI companion can be whatever you want her to be. And now a growing number of men are turning to…

What Jimmy Carter Believed

30 December 2024
The 39th president left DC a sore loser. But that was just the beginning

Why Men Should Read “Cool Girl” Lit

13 November 2024
“Cool Girl” writers like Joan Didion and Eve Babitz have been endlessly marketed to women. But what truths might men learn about women—and themselves—from these…
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