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I Am a Meme, a Meme I Am
Naming the squeezed middle: 30-year-old men called Nick.
28 April 2026
How Do You Know Liz Truss?
One of our star new columnists recalls a memorable encounter with a dashing young man.
22 April 2026
The Quiet Revival
Gen-Zs are gathered in their Masses in Soho.
5 April 2026
Singhs and Roundabouts
This writer is British and Bangladeshi. Somehow, she is also neither. She looks to the nation, and keeps score.
30 March 2026
God, ULEZ and Emmanuel Frimpong
It’s time for court report from a buddying young reporter on the beat.
23 March 2026
Cannonball!
A short story, focused on the film industry.
16 March 2026
Hideous Kinky
A trip into some dark rooms, as we venture into the capital’s sex clubs.
9 March 2026
The Da Vinci of Halton Moor
A salute to a Yorkshireman with a future-proofed legacy, Jimi Heselden, the miner-turned-multi-millionaire.
2 March 2026
Justice for Joe
How did a 21-year-old man come to die on a driveway in the West of Ireland?
23 February 2026
I’m Going to Be Sacked for Shagging About
An obituary to television’s least-loved genre.
10 February 2026
Lead Heads
The art of a good sub, by one of the world's best writers.
2 February 2026
Whining and Dining
Since it opened in 1889, Sweetings has been serving fish lunches smack-bang in the middle of London’s Square Mile, closing by 3pm on weekdays, and remaining shut over…
27 January 2026