Alex Taylor

I Write Eulogies, Not Tragedies

When he was a student, this writer peddled paeans from his dorm room.
William Rayfet Hunter

No Scrubs

A personal essay from a writer who was once a doctor.
Emma Magnus

On Minge Lane

A dispatch from Worcestershire, famous for its sauce – and saucy street names.
David Whitehouse

Hold the Phone

On 11 September, 2001, a nurse was texting saucy messages to thousands of strangers across the country. But the nurse was really a 21-year-old man, bored in an office in London. We hear his story.
Georgia Brown

Borstal Boys

A personal history of the borstal in Britain: a century of incarcerated children.
Anonymous

In the Midnight Hour

As a working-class escort from the north of England who works in central London, I’ve come to view my wealthy clients like attractions in a zoo: precious exotic creatures to be admired.
Katie Lewis

Requiem for a Scene

The Albion Rooms. Queens of Noize. The Hawley Arms. A musician remembers London in 2002.
Anonymous

Hotel Britannica

An anonymous report from a clinician working inside one of Britain’s asylum hotels.
Ted Monroe

A Failure to Convalesce

Five years since the pandemic started, there are millions of people suffering from Long COVID, including tens of thousands of Millennials, bedridden for days on end.
Stephen Smith

Off the Box

One of the last TV newsmen speaks of the halcyon days of long lunches and fat ratings, living life high on the hog.