CATCHING FIRE: Jude Bellingham, TikTok takeovers and Madonna

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Hello! I’m sending this letter surrounded by packing boxes and bubble wrap as next week I move out of the tiny London flat that I’ve called home for twenty whole years. After a nine month wait, me and my boyfriend are finally getting the keys to a slightly bigger pad round the corner. I’ve no idea when/if the wifi will work, or whether I’ll survive moving in the midst of this summer’s THIRD heat wave, so I’m sending apologies in advance because next week’s cultural digest will either be very late or, if I get my shit together, very early. We’ll all find out together I guess.

Behind the paywall we’re taking the temperature of:

• The 30-year-olds who still live with mum and dad

• The latest pop star sent to the Khia asylum

• Erling Haaland’s viral “dupe”

• The teen disorder trend

• Gen Z’s sex spark problem

• The World Cup’s boyfriend

• The 67-year-old giving lessons in cultural relevance

• The documentary trend

• A Wimbledon wild card

Let’s jump in…