First-Person Accounts

Inside the Producer’s Studio

Factual television is one of the most influential arenas in British culture. But our insider has serious concerns about what is happening behind the camera.

In Sickness and in Health

Pledging your life to another person is quite a big step. Doing it in a pandemic is something else altogether.

Life on the Cut

Projectile excrement, dodgy deals and bizarre characters – that's life as a continuous cruiser on London’s waterways.

Our Friends in Hereford

A military insider explains why the Special Air Service is permitted to act with deadly impunity.

Digital Media Carnage

An insider at a prominent media company reports on their five years at the content coalface.

London Haunts

How to put up with tech talk from handsome Californians.

The Governess Confesses

In servitude to Moscow’s super-rich.

Bonus Bonanza

Want to know how much bankers earn? A veteran lays out the unblushing figures.

12 Rules For Getting Your First Book Published

Our anonymous literary maven tells you how to get published.