There's nothing worse than being cooped up inside in the rain with nothing to do. But Singaporean mobile company giga!'s cheeky new campaign with Grey is quelling monsoon-boredom one GB at a time.
Why are we so fascinated by weather girls? Scorchio! The Story of the Weather Girl (Radio 4) was hosted by Sam Fraser, a presenter of regional TV weather in the South, whose bottom, she told us, has its own online fan club. She’s not alone in being objectified, either. This programme was full of unedifying stories of people sending sex toys to female weather presenters in the post, openly savaging their looks online, and even, in some cases, subjecting them to stalking and harassment.
A formidable collaboration between the major music labels of the Eighties birthed this iconic compilation series. Forty years on and the genre-hopping records remain a bellwether of mainstream music for pop historians to come. Below, 10 Independent writers wax lyrical about their first Now! album and what it means to them