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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
Houellebecq Honeypot
Jini van Rooijen is an OnlyFans model and a member of the experimental Dutch art collective KIRAC. She also honeypotted Michel Houellebecq, the world's horniest author.
25 June 2024
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).
18 June 2024
A Cozzer Snout
Our correspondent travels to the heart of a crumbling London Crown Court to predict the future of crime journalism.
17 June 2024