Hello!Last week we linked to an article about "The Social Dilemma" – the abomination of a Netflix documentary. A friend then emailed to say he'd read an even better article on the topic, and we wholeheartedly agree.So if you want to read a more scath...

Dear Sirs,Please be advised that the links signed up for by yourselves are below.KR,Mish & RobPS Was this email forwarded to you? Like what you see? Subscribe here![Article: The New York Times] SNL had a live audience. It went home with paychecks...

Hello, and happy October!If the cold weather and dark mornings mean you need more of a caffeine fix than normal when you wake, here are 80 different recipes for coffee (based on coffee-making customs from around the world).Indonesia's Kopi Joss looks...

Hello!We've just got back from a vacation a full 11.4 miles away from our home. On one level, we've fallen a long way from our days of hopping from Thailand to Hong Kong to Macau and back again within a few weeks. On another, 35-minute travel time an...

Hello!The London-to-Brighton bike ride may not be happening this year (Covid), but cancelled schmancelled: Rob and his father-in-law are bloomin' well cycling there anyway. Today. Right now, in fact.So if you happen to be anywhere along the route and...

Hello!Look, it's been one heck of a week, so you enjoy your links while we go for a lie down.Help yourself to a cup of tea and a biscuit, and feel free to see yourself out when you're finished. Mish & RobPS Was this email forwarded to you? Like...

Hello hello!In an effort to liven up the intro section of The Loop, last week we begged you to send in jokes that we could reuse. Rob liked a lot of them, Mish like a few of them, and our two-year-old... well... he just kept telling us to stop talkin...

Hello!We've got some great links this week, but no inspiration for a pithy intro. So: reply and tell us your favourite joke, and next week we'll publish the one that tickled us the most.You get the smallest unit of fame and recognition imaginable, an...

Hello!What time do you wake up? We're up at 4.30am every day (including weekends) to get in some exercise and work before our son's awake – and we don't know anyone else who starts their day so early. Even the police were surprised: the other day the...

Hello!If you live in the UK, every conversation you've had this week will have been about the insanely hot weather. So we'll spare you another one.If you live outside the UK... you've heard the stereotype about how Brits are obsessed with the weather...