Rear of the year 2016

HERE AT GRAZIA, we’re not ones for gratuitous profanity or displays of nudity, but when we got together to reflect on 2016, we were unanimous: there’s been a whole lot of arse around.

Bottoms have been big – and we’re not just talking Kim K’s long-reigning wonder. There were plenty of massive A-holes about too. So in the spirit of being, well, gratuitous, we bring you our top – and er, bottom – rears of the year…

Remember when we fancied Tom Hiddleston before he became a bit of a joke, traipsing round the world panting after Taylor Swift? Why did we fancy him so? Arse. How very saucy that glimpse of buttock was during his up-against-the-wall romp with Elizabeth Debicki in The Night Manager. But soz, T-hiddy, once Matt Smith came along playing Prince Philip in Netflix’s mega-hit drama, he totes stole your top thespo tush Crown. By August, with global weird stuff happening on a daily basis, we barely batted an eyelidid when Orlando Bloomoom got on a paddle board in Italy with everything hanging out in front of his bikini-d belle, Katy Perry. Our well-placed A-list male nudity sources inform us that it was because just days earlier, Orly’s one-time sparring partner, Justin Bieber, got his pert behind out on his hols. Bieber v Bloom buttocks? You decide.

Just when we thought there couldn’t be any more bums, the Turner Prize shortlist was announced and, well, Anthea Hamilton’s Project For Door pretty much blew all other buttocks out the water (although it didn’t win). Until, of course, 8 November, when one particularly vocal arsehole had the last laugh of the year. If yo you see him, we give you full permission t pull your pan down and gi him a moony – we will.