Issue 19
April 15, 2024
Bron Maher

Sling Voters

How do the denizens of London's underground sex clubs plan to vote in the upcoming General Election? We sent our reporter to find out where the swing seats lie.
Ed Cumming

Two Eds are Better than One

Ed Cumming has a funny name. He's not the only one. So he took his name twin out for lunch to commiserate this reality.
The Fence

Bread and Circuses

There are a lot of industry parties in London. Not all of them are good. We ranked them in all the key metrics (professional advancement, fun, chat, narcotics, horniness).
Sachin Kureishi

Something to Tell You

On Boxing Day 2023, the writer Hanif Kureishi had a fall that left him paralysed from the neck down. His son Sachin reflects on a year caring for his once-carer.
Margaret McCartney

The Drugs Don’t Work

A general practitioner in Glasgow unpacks how the hand-in-glove relationship between the pharmaceutical industry and the NHS has changed – for the worse.
Francisco Garcia

A Cozzer Snout

Francisco Garcia travels to the heart of a crumbling London Crown Court to predict the future of crime journalism. It's not looking good.
Thomas Gorton

Absolutely Buzzing

The ‘Mosquito’ was created with the intention of preventing young people from loitering. Can you still hear the sound of the Blair era?
Anonymous

The Kid Stays out of the Picture

Everyone would like to be a film producer. But it's not all glamour and cash, it's egos and overdrafts. Our anonymous insider reckons you should think twice.
Sophie Elmhirst

Burning with Pleasure

The powers that be will tell you shouldn't be smoking. These nerds are ignorant of the agony & ecstasy that is combustable tobacco.
Clive Martin

Giving it the Big One

In the heart of the east end of London, a memorial is held to Dave Courtney, the city's celebrity gangster. Clive Martin raises a glass to a legend.
Tim Wyatt

In the Shadow of St Paul’s

One of the most extraordinary investigations we've ever published, uncovering a torrid legacy of deceit, fraud and suicide at the heart of the Church of England.
Megan Nolan

If You Can Make It There…

Megan Nolan moved from London to New York. She writes about the culture shocks of this rarely trodden path.
Ian Trueger

The Feast of Saint John

A particular central London restaurant has enjoyed an offally good time over the past few years, wouldn't you agree?
Charlotte Ivers

Baker’s Dozen

Tom Baker was a hard-drinking, fine dining Soho legend. Charlotte Ivers retraces his step in a new, more sanitised era.
Yoel Noorali

Scenes from an Italian Restaurant

A newly unemployed journalist tries and fails to expose a window-smashing ring in south London.
Ella Benson Easton

A Scouser Abroad

English people demonstably do not have a good reputation abroad. But Scousers on the other hand? Scousers are internationally beloved.
Bertie Brandes

How to be a Young Landlord

People will call you a scumbag. They will say you are a leech. Here's how you can try to shut them up.
Ian Trueger

The Feast of Saint John

A particular central London restaurant has enjoyed an offally good time over the past few years, wouldn't you agree?