Issue 11
April 1, 2022
Investigations

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

A deep dive into the private life of a public servant with a dangerous penchant.
Magazine

Blackbird Fly, Blackbird Fly

On the hunt for a rare cinematic jewel.
Features

Nobel Endeavours

We asked the smartest people in the world some of the stupidest questions we could think of.
Culture

Orbán Hymns

Pulling at the frayed edges of Hungarian soft power, one recently deceased conservative philosopher at a time.
Investigations

Live at the Kashmir

Digging into a legendary dinner at a Yorkshire curry house.
Listicles

How the Sausage Gets Socialed

Ben Schott scours the online noticeboard for the very strangest research enquiries.
Etc.

Shall We Split This?

It’s easy to find a nice place to propose, but what if you’re on the outs?
Etc.

The Star-Spangled Book Deal

Drape your next manuscript in the red, white and blue.
Features

Forman, Grilled

Fishy business inside a very strange salmon smokehouse.
Features

Model Citizens

How one writer’s father found themselves operating a rubber Mrs Thatcher for a living.
Spotlight

Lest, We Forgot

Six months after its foiling, we explored the impermanence of scandal around an abortive terrorist tragedy in Liverpool.
Features

Whips and Chains

A year at the heart of the Fifty Shades of Grey storm.
First-Person Accounts

Time to Play the Game

Flat-sharing with a hapless lothario.
Spotlight

Grow Your Own

Exploring the innumerable failures and scandals of the Pick For Britain campaign.
Fashion

Bright Lights, Big City

Paul Toner walks down the halls of his old fashion college.
First-Person Accounts

Shooting an Iguana

Look out lizards! Amateur gunmen stalk the Florida swamps.
Features

Orlando’s Odyssey

Two continents, one precocious cat, and an owner determined to risk it all.
Features

The Female Gays

The puking, leaking, egg-wielding glories of Sapphic cinema.
Fiction

Introductions

A short story about birds, boats, and fictive pleasure.