The rise of Patreon
The website that makes Jordan Peterson $80,000 a month
Online membership service Patreon has 2 million patrons supporting 100,000 “creators” to the tune of $350m – including nearly $1m a year for the rightwing psychologist Jordan Peterson. What is its secret?
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The painful truth about fibroids
The singer revealed she had surgery to remove benign uterine tumours, a condition affecting a third of women. These growths can weigh as much as a baby, so why are they so often overlooked?
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Let them eat cake
Six party cakes by Harry and Meghan’s wedding cake maker
Whether you are celebrating the royal wedding or a birthday, do it with this spectacular selection by Claire Ptak
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A tribute to Tessa Jowell
My friend who never forgot the ‘human-sized picture’
Matthew d’Ancona remembers a remarkable MP and says her death from cancer should be treated as an injunction to action
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Hear, hear
Yanny or Laurel? The argument of the week
An audio illusion sparked arguments over whether a computer-generated voice was saying Yanny or Laurel. We look at why people hear different things
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'Kill me now'
The acid attack that led Mark van Dongen to euthanasia
Mark van Dongen was 29 when his ex-girlfriend threw sulphuric acid over him after he started seeing another woman. His father talks about the excruciating pain that led Van Dongen to end his life
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Pomp and circumstance
A visual guide to the royal wedding
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will tie the knot in Windsor on Saturday. We walk you through their big day, from the procession to the ceremony
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Both barrels
Have we been making wine wrong?
“Natural wine” advocates say everything about the modern industry is ethically, ecologically and aesthetically wrong. The claims have triggered the biggest split in the wine world for a generation
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Farewell, Weekend reading
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Our Saturday roundup is retiring and this will be the final edition – a big thank you to all our readers, not least our app and email subscribers. If you love nothing more than a catchup, we’ve got good news: our new premium-tier app has two exciting ways to get the most out of the Guardian
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