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Taboo or not Taboo
A conference with the world’s angriest academic.
28 July 2023
Cruising in the Trenches
Our insider has spent months in Ukraine, where the LGBT community are still finding ways to hook up as the missiles fall.
25 July 2023
A Novel Guide
Finally got that first book published? Our insider tells you what happens next.
24 July 2023
Something Is Rotten on the Street of Denmark
Outernet is one of the most controversial new buildings in central London. We sent our pints correspondent for an evening under its glaring great screens.
23 May 2023
Fashion Beasts!
Lifting the lid on an industry that acts with zero accountability.
23 May 2023
You’re Tearing Me Apart, Lisa
What do you do when Tommy Wiseau turns up outside your dorm room?
23 May 2023
Goblin Mode
Our editor-at-large tries to buy a new friend.
23 May 2023
Death of a Sellout
It’s very hard trying to keep it real.
23 May 2023
Lifestyles of the Professionally Jaded
A strange interrogation of squeamishness among the unsqueamish.
23 May 2023
Nationalist Sodas
It’s not always The Real Thing.
24 April 2023
A Diary of Urban Parsimony
A guide, and a warning, to living life on the cheap in London.
24 April 2023
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Sneaking into the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
24 April 2023