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West End Confidential
A tour of the filthy and glamorous capital.
24 July 2024
The Knife
A thumb-biter of a tale.
23 July 2024
Something in the Water
Why do people drink their own piss?
22 July 2024
Confessions of a London Femcel
Why are women no longer having sex?
18 July 2024
146 Questions with Jordan Stephens
We ask some more stupid questions to one half of Rizzle Kicks.
18 July 2024
The Princess and the Pitta
Truly the people’s café.
17 July 2024
If You Can’t Beauchamp, Join Them
Learning the secret of eternal life from a Kensington pizzeria owner, Ciro Orsini, who at the age of 75, still dresses like a biker – and who still has an eye for the ladies.
15 July 2024
A Pint of Plane
Following a famous footballers’ binge.
11 July 2024
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
Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
A newly unemployed journalist tries and fails to expose a window-smashing ring in south London.
1 July 2024
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.
27 June 2024
Cooking in Prison
From working in the toilet to throwing melons of overpasses: We asked another squadron of journalists to tell us about the most excruciating pitches they’ve ever sent.
26 June 2024