Design Your Summer

Photographer: Emily Graham

Are you on Threads? If you're one of the 150 million users of the new social media platform, then you might find yourself torn between rejoicing in a friendlier, less aggy version of Twitter, and feeling like you now have another damn thing to eat your time, your attention and your phone battery. 

I signed up out of interest like everyone else, but I don’t feel that comfortable about it. I’m certainly not kidding myself that the Meta-owned app is a more ethical alternative to Twitter. And I didn’t like the fact that a number briefly appeared on my Instagram profile showing how quickly I had joined, as if it was a badge of honour to be an early adopter rather than a sign that I spend too much time staring at my phone.

All of this is a prelude to announcing that, like last year, I am taking a break from Well Well Well for the summer. Payments have been paused so, if you’re a pai…