The best news of 2021

Emily Writes Weekly

I hope you have had a wonderful Boxing Day. Not even gonna lie, I love a Best Of list. This is a list of my favourite news stories of 2021. I would love to hear yours…

In no particular order - because let’s be real, I don’t have enough energy for that - here’s my top 2021 news stories. The stories that made me laugh or cry or both. The best of the best when most of the news was terrible…

• Pablo Escobar’s coked up hippos can’t stop rooting.

• Bernie’s mittens.

• Oprah forever.

• Walnut the Crane is my bird-wife.

• Francis Bourgeois.

• Kim’s Met Gala outfit.

• The (best gift) Ever Given.

• Teslas have buttholes.

• Jeff Bezos Dick Rocket.

• Pete Davidson.

• Capybaras start class war, well done comrades.

• Nicki Minaj’s cousin’s big, swollen, vaccinated balls.

• Shakira and the wild boars.

• They weren’t the only swine going hog-wild.

• "You have no authority here, Jackie Weaver."

• Matt LeBlanc our Irish uncle.

• Just selling farts in a jar.

• Is it a Bones or No Bones Day?

• Meta - and the best headline ever.

• Whomst among us has not run away from The Church to do sex with a Satanic erotic fiction writer?

• Good job Reddit.

• Jean and Jorts.

• Sharon’s pumpkin pie.

• Soon may the Wellerman come to bring us sugar and tea and rum 🎶

• #BamaRush

• GameStop.

• Bat.

• The courage of Simone Biles.

• The knitting of Tom Daley.

• And of course: Bennifer.

And that’s it for today! Before the end of the year I’ll be sending subscribers a long-reads list to enjoy over the break (I’m hoping you’re getting a bit of a break!)