John Banville

A Memorable Meal

Novelist John Banville once went for lunch in an Umbrian tavern. He's remembered it for the past fifty years. He recounts it for us now.
Miles Ellingham & Cormac Kehoe

The Buddha of Siberia

Today, Evgeny Lebedev sees himself as London's media mogul du jour. Once, he was just the nepo baby of former KGB agent.
Orlando Whitfield

The White Whale

A failed art dealer recounts his dealings with one of the industry's trickiest and most enigmatic characters.
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.
Camilla Bell-Davies

Among the Russians

Around 30,0000 Russians fled to Serbia at the beginning of the Ukraine war. At a foggy banya in the middle of Belgrade, some of them tell us why.
Clive Martin

West End Confidential

A tour of the filthy and glamorous capital.
Fiona Mozley

Something in the Water

Why do people drink their own piss?
Róisín Lanigan

The Princess and the Pitta

Truly the people’s café.
The Fence

For Your Eyes Only

What does it mean to handle sensitive information? We spoke to a suite of nodes from across the pipeline to learn more about the power of confidential intel, in all of its forms. 
Olly Haynes

Houellebecq Honeypot

Jini van Rooijen is an OnlyFans model and a member of the experimental Dutch art collective KIRAC. She also honeypotted Michel Houellebecq, the world's horniest author.