Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Briefs – the tight, Y-front shaped, thigh-baring alternative to swim trunks, better known as “budgie ...

One day, I saw a man on the beach who had an almost identical body shape to mine. He was wearing budgie smugglers, and I found him very attractive. Yet I deemed my own body unacceptable. At that ...

There comes a point in life where budgie-smugglers are no longer acceptable for a man, though exactly what that age might be is debatable. Let’s be honest; things change as a fellow gets older, and ...

Worst of all, President Donald Trump’s normalisation of ... The humble democracy sausage and budgie smugglers might be the perfect starting point for a discussion about wider democratic reform. As ...

AFTER four days in a police lock up, the ‘Budgie Nine’ will soon arrive home from Malaysia after escaping conviction. The racing fans stripped down to tight-fitting swim briefs — known in ...

SYDNEY – Australians fired up barbecues and wore tight-fitting swimming trunks called “budgie smugglers” to voting centres as they welcomed election day on May 3 with some unique and quirky ...