Emma Magnus

At Auntie’s Knee

Do you pay your TV license? Course you don't. Nobody does. Particularly not the license pay vigilantes fighting the good cause - we meet them.
The Fence

Beach Bums

In France? Sure. In Italy? Why not. But in chilly Blighty? Surely nobody could stand it. Some can. We uncover the naked truth behind Britain’s nudist beaches and their stern, shrivelled patrons.
The Fence

Nature’s Cruellest Mistake

Take even a cursory glance at the natural world and very soon you will find all sorts of creatures with ridiculously outsized capabilities to slay the planet’s one true custodian: us lot, humankind.
The Fence

Who Louis Should’ve Met

Rather than the worthy docs about mental health and alcoholism, here are the programmes that Monsieur Theroux should have seen through: the weekends away with the freaks, bad hats and oddballs that used…
Bertie Brandes

Proceed to Checkout

That Ninja creamy has been sitting in your basket for months now. And you're not really going to buy that ceremonial matcha bowl, are you?
Molly Lipson

In My Life

George Martin was known as the man who made The Beatles. But to this day, little is known about his first, forgotten, family, who he was before the mania and the fame. Here's an interview with his daughter.
The Fence

All Possible Plots II

You could read a book, but why bother? Here, we list all the possible plots every author could come up with instead.
John Phipps

Life of Reilly

In the heart of Drogheda lives an Irish man on a peculiar crusade. We meet Tom Reilly, a historian hellbent on clearing the name of Oliver Cromwell.
Joe Bishop

Bib Brother

The Michelin Guide is arcane, self-serious and totally nonsensical. Even the chefs themselves can't workout the star system. And yet, we can't bear to break away from it.
Róisín Lanigan

The Princess and the Pitta

Truly the people’s café.