Hello High Lowers! Sharpen your pencils, the heat wave is over and a new school term is upon us. We cover some of the news stories of the summer plus our favourite bonkers surveys, including a shockingly disgusting underpants poll and the best place to find love (Oxford, apparently). Plus, it's Pandora's favourite prize of the year - no, not the Pulitzer, not even the Nobel - it's Rear of the Year. Reccs Euphoria on Sky Game Face on Channel 4 Scarlett Curtis on Russell Brand’s Under The Skin Giles Coren on novel acknowledgements  https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/pretentious-bores-make-me-want-to-burn-every-book-7lh5cv8cn Indistractable, by Nir Eyal Cribsheet, by Emily Ostler We Need New Stories, by Nesrine Malik Such A Fun Age, by Kiley Reid The Most Fun We Ever Had, by Claire Lombardo Twas The Night Before Christmas, by Adam Kay On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, by Ocean Vuong Olive Kitteridge, by Elizabeth Strout Expectations, by Anna Hope Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris  Calypso by David Sedaris  Theft by Luke Brown The New Me by Halle Butler  The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy  All At Sea by Decca Aikenhead  The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer  The Confession by Jessie Burton E-mail [email protected] Tweet @thehighlowshow For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy