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The Show Must Go On
Travelling Showmen in the Vale of Health.
2 November 2023
Unzipping the Somerset Gimp
Searching for the leatherbound man who terrorised a Somerset village for years.
31 October 2023
Wood for the Trees
A quest for the horniest trees in Britain.
30 October 2023
Treading the Boards
Why are actors so weird?
26 October 2023
Oliver Reed’s Big Night Out
Our pints correspondent drinks in the shadow of a giant.
20 October 2023
Hot Takes
Some conversations, not always with friends.
16 October 2023
Bruce & Jeffrey
A recollection of a memorable fraternal encounter.
16 October 2023
The Fuck Tree
Going for a walk in the woods.
12 October 2023
Twenty out of Twenty
An encounter with the best living food writer.
6 October 2023
Welcome to the Dog Pound
Is it ever going to be possible to ban the XL Bully?
6 October 2023
Praxis Makes Perfect
A new city in Europe is being dreamt up in the scuzzy bars of lower Manhattan.
21 September 2023
Paying in Sweat
Why does Britain have such a tepid sauna culture?
20 September 2023