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From using slang in work emails to subtweeting in real-life arguments, Gen Z are quickly forgetting how to communicate if not via shorthand. We need to re-find our words, says Maddy Mussen

As some are pronouncing Charli XCX’s Brat Summer dead, we take a look at the cultural trends that have taken over summers throughout history. Emma Loffhagen reports

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Joe Biden’s decision to step aside, a slew of endorsements and a record fundraising haul – vice-president hits the ground running as Democrats’ new standard-bearer

With all due respect, the moment Kamala Harris co-opted the brat aesthetic for her presidential campaign, brat summer was over. For those who have been living under a rock, Brat is popstar Charli XCX’s latest album, which came out last month and made the internet go crazy. Since then, the…

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Axios reporter Alex Thompson discusses Joe Biden's exit and the rise of Kamala Harris on Just Asking Questions.

The assassination attempt of a divisive figure, a foreign war threatening to take centre stage, the incumbent president withdrawing his candidacy and endorsing the vice-president: the 2024 US presidential race is starting to take on an eerie resemblance to that of 1968.