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Mind Invaders
Kidnapping. Boxing. Three-sided football. The art terrorists attack! A thoughtful dérive around the skewed contours of the London Psychogeographical Association.
23 June 2025
The Spy and the Postman
The biggest ever Soviet defector met the publican of The Merry Harriers – only for the pair to learn that they may have a contact in common: the writer’s quiet uncle.
19 June 2025
One! More! Song!
Does Battersea host the most basic night out in London? We sent our intrepid Gen-Z correspondent to find out.
17 June 2025
Big in Japan
You wouldn’t have met their fans, they go to a different school. In Canada.
16 June 2025
Diamonds in the Rough
Rogues Gallery is an initiative bringing art to inmates. We sent our writer to hang out with the set of creative crims behind the whole enterprise.
10 June 2025
I Write Eulogies, Not Tragedies
After his nan died, this writer discovered an unusual line of part-time student work: peddling paeans from his dorm room, for strangers who couldn’t find the right words of their own.
9 June 2025
Ersatz G.B.
How do Lidl and Aldi get away with their imitation brands? We unpick the Cuthbert & Colin caterpillar wars.
5 June 2025
The Beadlean Library
Legendary presenter Jeremy Beadle had a big secret hiding in his Oxfordshire mansion.
3 June 2025
A Shark Tale
Russell Gray is a redoubtable property developer, who has, among other projects, remade Bermondsey. He is also a self-styled anarchist and an arts patron. What keeps him going?
30 May 2025
No Scrubs
Everyone has a limit to what they can handle, even doctors. One writer tells us what it was like to leave his former profession behind.
29 May 2025
On Minge Lane
A dispatch from Worcestershire, famous for its sauce – and saucy street names. Our correspondent hears from the residents who suffer through sniggers when they give out their address.
21 May 2025
Roots Manoeuvres
A dispatch from one of the most singular club nights in Britain, right next to Heathrow Airport.
13 May 2025