Issue 28
Authors
Cormac Kehoe, Sophie Heawood, James Ramsden, Tom Broughton, Clive Martin, Daniel Shailer, Stuart McGurk, John Niven, Jack Jeffery and Abraham Elton, Fergus Butler-Gallie
From this Issue
Cormac Kehoe
The Graveyard of Empires
How did the British high street become littered with American Candy stores? The answer lies in Afghanistan.
16 July 2026
Sophie Heawood
A Lovely Young Man
Our columnist has another encounter.
30 July 2026
James Ramsden
One for Sorrow, Two for Joy
A celebrated restaurateur looks back at his career.
5 August 2026
Tom Broughton
The Men Who Love Risk
The founder of Cubitts details how private equity tried to ruin his business.
17 August 2026
Clive Martin
Hey There Good-Looking
From princes to hoorays to villains, everyone wanted to come to Howard Spooner’s clubs.
24 August 2026
Daniel Shailer
Shetland’s Most Wanted
A series of encounters with an unlikely band of separatists in the far north of the British Isles.
7 September 2026
Stuart McGurk
The Blue Letter Factory
This is how you talk dirty, you talk dirty to me.
10 September 2026
John Niven
Exit, Planet Lunch
It’s time to do the salmon dance with an old friend.
14 September 2026
Jack Jeffery and Abraham Elton
Impossibility Is a Myth
Sacha Jafri sold an artwork for $62 million in 2021 at an auction. But the money never changed hands. What happened?
18 September 2026
Fergus Butler-Gallie
Stewart Little’s Big Gamble
Our editor-at-large makes a daring solo trip across Afghanistan.
28 September 2026