Peter Carlyon

A Shark Tale

Russell Gray is a redoubtable property developer, who has, among other projects, remade Bermondsey. He is also a self-styled anarchist and an arts patron. What keeps him going?
William Rayfet Hunter

No Scrubs

A personal essay from a writer who was once a doctor.
Emma Magnus

On Minge Lane

A dispatch from Worcestershire, famous for its sauce – and saucy street names.
David Whitehouse

Hold the Phone

On 11 September, 2001, a nurse was texting saucy messages to thousands of strangers across the country. But the nurse was really a 21-year-old man, bored in an office in London. We hear his story.
Georgia Brown

Borstal Boys

A personal history of the borstal in Britain: a century of incarcerated children.
Anonymous

In the Midnight Hour

As a working-class escort from the north of England who works in central London, I’ve come to view my wealthy clients like attractions in a zoo: precious exotic creatures to be admired.

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Anonymous

Hotel Britannica

An anonymous report from a clinician working inside one of Britain’s asylum hotels.
Jimmy McIntosh

A Bit of Liquor Sauce

Canning Town is the birthplace of Danny Dyer, and it’s also London’s most rapidly gentrifying neighbourhood. Our pints correspondent went there for a few scoops.
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