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Fiona Mozley

Ghost ‘n’ the Machine

When you open up the spirit realm, you can't control who wanders in. Sometimes – just sometimes – the ghost of Oscar Wilde will give you career advice.
Feb 8, 2024
Ian Martin

But to Be Young

Coming of age is different for every generation – but it might've reached its apex in the sepia-tinted Seventies, when free love and naff rock still reigned supreme.
Feb 2, 2024
Patrick Galbraith

Along the Borders

One student has the memory of his most beloved teacher dragged into sharp relief by unsavoury revelations that ended their career and life.
Jan 10, 2024
Joe Zadeh

Against Nature

Struggling to connect with the great blue yonder.
Dec 6, 2023
Sophie Elmhirst

Zebra, Crossing

Learning to live life by the rule book.
Aug 3, 2023
Jade Angeles Fitton

Death of a Sellout

It’s very hard trying to keep it real.
May 23, 2023
Charles Wade

Shooting an Iguana

Look out lizards! Amateur gunmen stalk the Florida swamps.
Apr 24, 2023
Róisín Lanigan

Welcome to the Pleasuredome

Where do you take an Irish hen party? Blackpool, of course.
Apr 24, 2023
Harriet Rix

Lost in the Woods

Guy Shrubsole’s schemes have the potential to unleash havoc in the British countryside.
Apr 18, 2023
Mark Blacklock

Taxi Cab Confessionals

On the trail of Brian Richard Martin, the Yorkshire businessman and paedophile who bought a school.
Apr 18, 2023

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