Alex Nursall's makeup history column turns to Japan, and the now-mostly-defunct ganguro trend.

May I find shifgrethor in your eyes, Lord.

June horoscopes from Madame Clairevoyant, illustrated by Jen May.

Evidence that other sci-fi and fantasy authors knew of Ronbledore's coming before it was written.

The Toast presents a selection of delightful information in the form of a link roundup.

Reply permanently failed because recipient liked the idea of having gone to a party, but not the idea of going.

What are you talking about? You can't ground me!

You know the dangers of such latitude of plan in any but the best conducted Journal! Life is a cup! And what does one do with a cup? ONE DRINKS FROM IT FULL-THROATEDLY AND WITHOUT HESITATION, YOU MOUSE!

Iona Sharma on learning Gaelic and relearning Hindi, and how the study of language can function as an act of decolonisation.

A lack of affordable housing means fewer derelict old family estates.

The Toast presents a selection of delightful information in the form of a link roundup.

This week's Toast Points!

Here's your open thread!

My best friend in the whole wide world has a cluster of these hanging over her kitchen island and it is so infuriating. Some even have ivy rooting in them. First off, must be nice to have a handy huzz who'll rig up a complicated system to even hang them from in the first place. Second off, how do you find the time to change the water and wash them and keep 'em all sparkly when I am sitting over here drinking coffee out of the same unwashed mug for a week*?

Ahh!