Facts
Reporting, profiles, and non-fiction from the print edition.

The Plane to Belfast
Our new columnist travels to a corner of the country to meet and dine with a friend. His first trip is to Northern Ireland.
27 July 2026
Solo in Dublino
A father and a daughter pay tribute to their favourite restaurant.
21 July 2026
The Graveyard of Empires
Cormac Kehoe went shopping for a souvenir.
16 July 2026
The Carbuncle Cup 2026
Presenting the Carbuncle Cup, crowning what we believe to be the very worst new building in Britain built in the past two years.
15 June 2026
Burning Cash at the Wah Wah Hut
Can a band stay afloat on tour around Britain? In this economy?
28 May 2026
I Am Excited About the House of God
For most of his life, Tony Morris was a bookkeeper, quite content to be a failure. Now the Broomhill resident is an underground music sensation. Our writer meets a rockstar.
25 May 2026
The Vampire Diaries
You might feel a sharp scratch with this piece
20 May 2026
Six or Seven Under Lime Street
Any risk of a beer? A dispatch from the last unreformed industry in London.
20 May 2026
I Am a Meme, a Meme I Am
Naming the squeezed middle: 30-year-old men called Nick.
28 April 2026
How Do You Know Liz Truss?
One of our star new columnists recalls a memorable encounter with a dashing young man.
22 April 2026
The Quiet Revival
Gen-Zs are gathered in their Masses in Soho.
5 April 2026
Singhs and Roundabouts
This writer is British and Bangladeshi. Somehow, she is also neither. She looks to the nation, and keeps score.
30 March 2026