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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.
Feb 5, 2025
The Fence

The Grantham Anthem

Kieran Morris and Fergus Butler-Gallie are both obsessed with the Iron Lady, so they took the train to Lincolnshire for a Thatcher-fuelled day out.
Jan 13, 2025
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. 
Jul 3, 2024
Nesrine Malik

Elder States, Man

To spend your life online is to live at one remove from reality – stand back too far, and you might find the years speeding by before your eyes.
Jan 19, 2024
Alex Fleming-Brown

Praxis Makes Perfect

A new city in Europe is being dreamt up in the scuzzy bars of lower Manhattan.
Sep 21, 2023
Maximilian Hess

The Jester of Tonga

An interview with a clown with a murky past.
Aug 7, 2023
Margaret Mitchell

Fairfax County, Virginia

The story of James Gordon Meek, an investigative journalist who hid secrets from everyone close to him.
Aug 1, 2023
Anonymous

Cruising in the Trenches

Our anonymous insider has spent months in Ukraine, where the LGBT community are still finding ways to hook up as the missiles fall.
Jul 25, 2023
Jade Angeles Fitton

Death of a Sellout

It’s very hard trying to keep it real.
May 23, 2023
The Fence

Nationalist Sodas

It’s not always The Real Thing.
Apr 24, 2023

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