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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Kris Swales

Five Great Reads: stripping naked for a dating show, epic record collection seeks new home, and stopping microplastics

Nude contestants on the TV show Naked Attraction
More than 700 people have gone nude for the world’s most explicit dating show. Photograph: Ken McKay/Channel 4 Television

Top of the weekend to you all. We’ll start by throwing back to last weekend, when Imogen Dewey asked for your tales of public crying. The standout story came from reader J who, after the death of a relative and a missed farewell, sat sobbing with his daughter on a bench outside her Tafe “in the early dusk … as the students and workers headed home, throwing [us] curious looks”.

The only tears we want to see this weekend are those of Indian cricket fans (including my wife’s – sorry babe). We’ll have the World Cup final well covered through here. For the non-sporting types, there’s plenty for you below.

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