4 h. ago Gen Zers are becoming home owners by buying in cheap small cities (and yes, sometimes having parental help)

Being a homeowner as a young person can feel impossible, but some Gen-Zers have beat the odds. Katie Hawkinson reports

Society

24 h. ago The Gen Z stare isn’t rude. We’re just not going to conform for your comfort

Our communication style was shaped by character limits, subtweets, and voice memos sent from bed. We learned to be blunt and concise because that is what the world we’ve grown up in demanded, writes Valentina Botero

Politics

48 h. ago Jennifer Love Hewitt admits she hasn’t talked to Sarah Michelle Gellar in nearly 30 years

Hewitt and Gellar both starred in the 1997 millennial classic film ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’

Politics

49 h. ago 'Gen Z stare' explains why young people struggle to greet or make small talk at work

Social media is awash with opinions around the infamous 'Gen Z stare' from what it actually is to why young workers do it in the first place and who is driving this social phenomenon

Politics

49 h. ago Meet Gen Z's female David Beckham: How Swiss footballer Alisha Lehmann became the world's sexiest footballer

Alisha Lehmann has become the female David Beckham with lucrative brand deals, underwear campaigns and romances with fellow footballers.

Politics

53 h. ago Gen Z don't use this one phrase because they consider it 'too formal'

A new survey has found that Gen Z is ditching traditional polite phrases in favour of more direct alternatives

Politics

54 h. ago Who are Gen Z? What makes a millennial and which group are you?

Gen Z, millennials, boomers, and everything in between: who is who and what does it mean?

Politics

55 h. ago Gen Z is killing off traditional polite phrases like ‘excuse me?’

Gen Z is killing off traditional polite phrases like ‘excuse me?’ – with ‘huh?’ and ‘what?’ becoming the mishearing norm.

Events

55 h. ago Beware the 'Gen Z stare'! Why young people are refusing to greet you or make small talk in customer service roles

Members of Generation Z, currently aged 13 to 28,  are struggling to make small talk in shops, restaurants and cafes.

Economics

60 h. ago 'Gráinne O'Hare's Thirst Trap is a quintessential millennial coming of age story

Irish writer Gráinne O'Hare is the next big thing on the literary scene. The Mirror speaks to her about her new literary sensation Thirst Trap, nostalgia, and how to write grief while also remaining funny

Politics

61 h. ago Dear Gen Z: Here’s how to not lose your mind when applying for jobs, according to a millennial

It’s official – UK unemployment has risen to its highest rate in four years. As young people scramble to find work and find themselves up against hundreds of other candidates, Helen Coffey offers her advice as a millennial who graduated smack-bang into the financial crash

Science

62 h. ago ‘People lashed out because she wasn’t a guy’: Linkin Park on nu

After the death of lead vocalist Chester Bennington in 2017, the rap-rock icons have reformed, aiming to cultivate ‘good vibes’ for a new generation of fans. Mike Shinoda and Emily Armstrong discuss backlash and rebirthIt’s been almost 25 years since Linkin Park released their debut album, Hybrid Theory. An irresistible fusion of metal, hip-hop, electronica, industrial rock and infectious pop melody, it established the Californian sextet as instant nu-metal icons and laid the groundwork for the group to become, by many metrics, the biggest US rock band of this millennium: Hybrid Theory ended up the bestselling album of 2001; its follow-up, Meteora, would also go on to rank as one of the bestselling albums of the 21st century.It’s been just 36 hours, however, since the band played their biggest headline gig to date, at a steamy and rapturous Wembley stadium. Outside, it’s still scorching, but in an icily air-conditioned hotel overlooking the Thames, Linkin Park’s co-founder, co-vocal...

Politics

3 d. ago World Emoji Day: 10 emojis used differently between generations

The 💀 emoji may be more amused than menacing, depending on who sent it

Politics

3 d. ago Job hunters warned about surge in fake ads scamming them out of cash

Gen Z job seekers are often being targeted by job scams promising quick cash or remote working opportunities, Lloyds said.

Events

4 d. ago Girls gone bad: Lena Dunham’s Too Much is just not good enough

The creator of the seminal HBO hit has followed up with an underbaked Netflix background watch, a crushing disappointment for her ardent fanbaseThere is one TV show that has been enjoyed most often, and most reliably, among my cohort in New York: Girls, the seminal HBO dramedy about Brooklyn’s downwardly mobile and highly self-important creative class of the 2010s. Though a cultural lightning rod when it aired from 2012 until 2017 – its whiteness, convincing narcissism, frank sexuality and frequent nudity all catnip for the cresting blogosphere and cyclical moral panic – Girls has rightfully settled into its status as one of the best television series of the 21st century, a foundational text for millennials as well as a biting satire of solipsistic, Obama-era striving. (Although viewers too young to remember it as anything other than canon now see the girls’ flailing – their freedom to wear terrible prints, listen to Vampire Weekend and be earnest – as something to be envied rather ...

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4 d. ago I spend £1,100 on beauty treatments every month. This is exactly what it's done to my face: SCARLETT DARGAN

Every six weeks, I block out five hours of my Saturday to have my hair done - and I'm presented with a £420 bill every time my hairdresser has finished working their magic.

Economics

4 d. ago Dictionary Corner queen Susie Dent to celebrate the joys of the English language on new tour

Ever wondered why a group of crows is called a murder or why owls form a parliament? Does Gen-Z slang make you tear your hair out, and are our local dialects really dying out? Which orange came first, the colour or the fruit?

Politics

4 d. ago The vinyl revival switches to CDs and DVDs thanks to Gen Z's 1990s obsession

Some 54% of Britons have bought a physical media item in the past year - spending an average £273.80, a Gumtree poll has found.

Politics

4 d. ago I'm a Gen Z Fashion Editor—This Is the Skirt Trend My London Friends and I Are Into Right Now

I'm a Gen Z Fashion Editor—This Is the Skirt Trend My London Friends and I Are Into Right Now  Who What Wear

Politics

4 d. ago Adelita Grijalva wins Arizona Democratic primary for House seat

Grijalva beat Gen Z activist Deja Foxx in the race and will succeed her late father, Raúl Grijalva, in the roleAdelita Grijalva won the Democratic House primary in Arizona to succeed her father, beating a young social media activist in a closely watched election seen as a test of the party’s generational divide.Raúl Grijalva, a longtime congressman in southern Arizona, died from cancer earlier this year and left a vacancy in the state’s seventh district. The younger Grijalva, a 54-year-old who served for 20 years on a Tucson school board, has been a Pima county supervisor since 2020. Continue reading...

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