Anonymous

A Novel Guide

Finally got that first book published? Our insider tells you what happens next.

24 July 2023

Anonymous

Cruising in the Trenches

Our insider has spent months in Ukraine, where the LGBT community are still finding ways to hook up as the missiles fall.

25 July 2023

Josh Mcloughlin

Taboo or not Taboo

A conference with the world’s angriest academic.

28 July 2023

Margaret Mitchell

Fairfax County, Virginia

The story of James Gordon Meek, an investigative journalist who hid secrets from everyone close to him.

1 August 2023

Josiah Gogarty

Waugh on Woke

Alistair Campbell and Rory Stewart are old news. What programmes woud Gary Lineker's Goalhanger Productions commission if human mortality were no object?

2 August 2023

Sophie Elmhirst

Zebra, Crossing

Learning to live life by the rule book.

3 August 2023

Clive Martin

A Couple of Laughs

Our writer finds some proper British comedy.

7 August 2023

Susannah Dickey

Axolotl

A short story about a dog and featuring a Vanessa Carlton song.

9 August 2023

Jimmy McIntosh

At His Majesty’s Pleasure

Our pints correspondent took the train to Poundbury for King Charles’ coronation.

16 August 2023

Sally Howard

What Became of the Cat Meat Man?

London’s streets are defined by the Blitz. The craters have been filled, but the shadows of the bombs remain.

29 August 2023

Francisco Garcia

Posillipo Nights

Joining in the celebrations at Notting Hill’s favourite Trattoria.

30 August 2023

Killian Faith-Kelly

Riders on the Storm

Nowhere in the world loves motorcycle racing as much as the people of Northern Ireland. Our correspondent explores how the sport rides alongside centuries-old sectarian strife.

6 September 2023

Archie Cornish

Winter on the Fens

A meeting with a remarkable woman hoping to revive an almost unknown British sport.

7 September 2023

Davey Brett

Aisle B, Back

A dispatch from the security services.

13 September 2023

Ophira Gottlieb

Paying in Sweat

Why does Britain have such a tepid sauna culture?

20 September 2023

The Fence

For Your Eyes Only

What does it mean to handle sensitive information? We spoke to a suite of nodes from across the pipeline to learn more about the power of confidential intel, in all of its forms.

3 July 2024

The Fence

Who Louis Should’ve Met

Rather than the worthy docs about mental health and alcoholism, here are the programmes that Monsieur Theroux should have seen through: the weekends away with the freaks, bad hats and oddballs that used to be his bread and butter before middle age and quiet respectability came calling.

12 September 2024

The Fence

Nature’s Cruellest Mistake

Take even a cursory glance at the natural world and very soon you will find all sorts of creatures with ridiculously outsized capabilities to slay the planet’s one true custodian: us lot, humankind. Now, we’ve never advocated violence against animals in these pages before, but for this set of bastards, we’re making an exception.

12 September 2024