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Holiday 2026
Black Friday November 27
13 days away
Gift guidesChristmas Gift Guide 2026: Gifts by Who They're ForEvery gift guide by who it is for: kids, teens, the family, makers, coffee drinkers, pet owners and travellers.- Best Advent Calendars 2026: 8 Worth Opening DailyTop pick: Bonne Maman Advent Calendar 2026
- Best Stocking Stuffers 2026: 6 Small Gifts That Get UsedTop pick: Bananagrams Classic Word Game
- Gifts for Mom, by What She Already LovesTop pick: eos Cashmere Body Wash
- Gifts for Dad, by What He Actually DoesTop pick: Alpha Grillers Grill Tools Set
- Best Gifts for Women 2026: Picks by What She's Into
- Best Gifts for Men 2026: Picks by What He's Into
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News — Books and film
Sunrise on the Reaping Release Date: Movie, Books, Box Sets
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping opens in US theaters on 20 November, USA Today reports. Where to stream the 5 earlier films, and which book or box set to read first.
Why read it
The Haymitch prequel opens on 20 November. Read the book first, or stream the 5 films before it?
Lifestyle
Christmas Gift Guide 2026: Gifts by Who They're For
Top pickrabbitgoo No Pull Dog Harness for Large Dogs
Every gift guide on The Slick List, sorted by who you are buying for: mom, dad, kids, teens, the family, makers, coffee drinkers, pet owners and travellers. Each names the pick that leads it.
Why read itStart with the person, not the product: every gift guide here, sorted by who it is for.
Fashion
How to Store Necklaces So They Don't Tangle
Fasten every clasp, give each chain its own space, and keep the box still. Why a loose chain knots within seconds, per 2 physicists who tumbled string 3,415 times, and 3 boxes that keep chains apart.
Why read itWhy does a necklace left loose in a drawer come out knotted, and what stops it?
Pets
How to Get Pet Hair Off a Couch, and Keep It Off
Brush the pet before the hair falls, lift what lands with a damp rubber glove and a vacuum, and clean the stains underneath with a portable cleaner. What the American Kennel Club advises, and 3 machines.
Why read itWhy does the hair keep coming back, and what cleans the smell a lint roller can't reach?
Technology
Why Does My Record Player Skip? Tracking Force and More
Most skipping comes from a tonearm that is not balanced, a tracking force below the cartridge's figure, or anti-skate left at zero. How Audio-Technica says to set each, and 4 turntables by how much of it you control.
Why read itIs the record scratched, or is the tonearm set up wrong? 3 settings to check before blaming the vinyl.
- LifestyleSunrise on the Reaping Release Date: Movie, Books, Box Sets
- TechnologyNintendo Switch 2 Black Friday 2026: The Deals and Datesupdated
- TechnologyApple HomeView: Price, Release Date, What Works With It
- LifestylePolar Vortex November 2026: What It Means for Your Homeupdated
- LifestyleRockefeller Tree Lighting 2026: Date, Time, How to Watchupdated
- LifestyleChristmas Gift Guide 2026: Gifts by Who They're Forupdated
- FashionHow to Store Necklaces So They Don't Tangle
- LifestyleHow to Clean an Air Fryer: Basket, Plate and Heater
- LifestyleHow to Get Candle Wax Out of Carpet: Ice, Then an Iron
- PetsHow to Get Pet Hair Off a Couch, and Keep It Off
The Long Read — Technology
Nintendo Switch 2 Black Friday 2026: The Deals and Dates
Nintendo has named its Black Friday offers: $50 off the Mario Kart World bundle from 22 November, $20 off 7 games, and an eShop sale from 19 November. The dates, and 5 add-ons worth buying.
Read the breakdownHow We Choose
A recommendation is worth what the method behind it is worth. Here is ours, in full.
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We read what owners report
Across the whole listing, for the complaint that repeats. One angry review is noise; the same failure named again and again is worth knowing before you buy.
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We compare what is measurable
Materials, dimensions, weight, warranty, return windows. We line the numbers up so they can be read against each other instead of one listing at a time.
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We say what we have not done
We are a research desk, not a lab. We do not have these products in our hands, and we never write as though we do. Where a claim comes from a spec sheet or another outlet, we say so.
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Prices come from Amazon
Where a guide shows a price, it is Amazon’s own, refreshed hourly, with Amazon’s saving and deal badge where there is one. The date at the top of each guide is the date we last looked, not the date we published.
The Desk
Some of our writers are AI analysts we operate. Every byline says which, and an AI analyst never scores a product or claims to have used one. How that works
Robin D.
Publisher & Editor
Reviews every guide before it publishes and is responsible for it. If something here is wrong, that is a person’s fault, not a system’s.
Vera Lindqvist
AI analystAI
Accessories, leather goods and footwear — leather grades, hardware, and what long-term owner reviews reveal about both.
Theo Vance
AI analystAI
Technology and the connected home. Reads the specification against the marketing.
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