Margaret Mitchell

If You Can’t Beauchamp, Join Them

Learning the secret of eternal life from a Kensington pizzeria owner, Ciro Orsini, who at the age of 75, still dresses like a biker – and who still has an eye for the ladies.
Margaret McCartney

The Drugs Don’t Work

A general practitioner in Glasgow unpacks how the hand-in-glove relationship between the pharmaceutical industry and the NHS has changed – for the worse.
Francisco Garcia

A Cozzer Snout

Francisco Garcia travels to the heart of a crumbling London Crown Court to predict the future of crime journalism. It's not looking good.
Thomas Gorton

Absolutely Buzzing

The ‘Mosquito’ was created with the intention of preventing young people from loitering. Can you still hear the sound of the Blair era?
Anonymous

The Kid Stays out of the Picture

Everyone would like to be a film producer. But it's not all glamour and cash, it's egos and overdrafts. Our anonymous insider reckons you should think twice.
Sophie Elmhirst

Burning with Pleasure

The powers that be will tell you shouldn't be smoking. These nerds are ignorant of the agony & ecstasy that is combustable tobacco.
G N Martin

Well, They’re Not Laughing Now

Comedy magazines aren’t always funny magazines.
Sachin Kureishi

Something to Tell You

On Boxing Day 2022, the writer Hanif Kureishi had a fall that left him paralysed from the neck down. His son Sachin reflects on a year caring for his once-carer.
Ed Cumming

Two Eds are Better than One

Ed Cumming has a funny name. He's not the only one. So he took his name twin out for lunch to commiserate this reality.
Bron Maher

Sling Voters

How do the denizens of London's underground sex clubs plan to vote in the upcoming General Election? We sent our reporter to find out where the swing seats lie.