The best news of 2021

I hope you have had a wonderful Boxing Day. Not even gonna lie, I love a Best Of list. This is a list of my favourite news stories of 2021. I would love to hear yours…

In no particular order - because let’s be real, I don’t have enough energy for that - here’s my top 2021 news stories. The stories that made me laugh or cry or both. The best of the best when most of the news was terrible…

• Pablo Escobar’s coked up hippos can’t stop rooting.
• Bernie’s mittens.
• Oprah forever.
• Walnut the Crane is my bird-wife.
• Francis Bourgeois.
• Kim’s Met Gala outfit.
• The (best gift) Ever Given.
• Teslas have buttholes.
• Jeff Bezos Dick Rocket.
• Pete Davidson.
• Capybaras start class war, well done comrades.
• Nicki Minaj’s cousin’s big, swollen, vaccinated balls.
• Shakira and the wild boars.
• They weren’t the only swine going hog-wild.
• "You have no authority here, Jackie Weaver."
• Matt LeBlanc our Irish uncle.
• Just selling farts in a jar.
• Is it a Bones or No Bones Day?
• Meta - and the best headline ever.
• Whomst among us has not run away from The Church to do sex with a Satanic erotic fiction writer?
• Good job Reddit.
• Jean and Jorts.
• Sharon’s pumpkin pie.
• Soon may the Wellerman come to bring us sugar and tea and rum 🎶
• #BamaRush
• GameStop.
• Bat.
• The courage of Simone Biles.
• The knitting of Tom Daley.
• And of course: Bennifer.

And that’s it for today! Before the end of the year I’ll be sending subscribers a long-reads list to enjoy over the break (I’m hoping you’re getting a bit of a break!)