Meeting the Chagos islanders of Crawley
Departing Gatwick train station, with nine minutes till Crawley, I tried to get in the head of a Chagossian. In…
My night with the paedo hunters
It’s a Wednesday evening, and I’m getting psyched up to go catch a paedophile with the boys. Playlist on, rocking…
No one wants to lead these riots
Joe/Jeff Marsh wants to make it clear that he did not, like people keep saying, start the riots in Southport.…
Olympics on steroids: the millionaire behind the Enhanced Games
Aron D’Souza likes to celebrate the new year with Peter Thiel, the venture capitalist billionaire who is good friends with…
Why is theft so high?
Figures out today show a country with levels of surveyed crime still at historic lows (just a quarter of the…
‘Nationalise Google!’: the techno-optimists hoping to save the world
Future House is a weird private members’ club. There’s a mattress on the floor for napping, a bathtub designed to…
Good luck fixing the CrowdStrike glitch
Worldwide, computers are saying no. GPs can’t access appointments and medical records, banking apps have been knocked offline, flights are…
Can independent candidates pose a threat to Labour?
Nigel Farage says that Britain is ready for a ‘revolt’, and he’s not the only candidate in this election committed…
Would you dare to wear a Rolex?
‘London has become a jungle, right? Anyone with anything nice risks having it taken.’ Bobby, the manager of one of…
Ahmad Massoud: ‘I’m 100% sure I can topple the Taliban’
It’s fighting season in Afghanistan again. When the Americans were in charge, after the poppy fields had been harvested in…
My night with Youth Demand
‘Won’t you take me to… Funkytown!’ At around 10 p.m., in a bar under a railway arch in south London,…
The tragedy of Blackpool
It’s mid-afternoon in the Royal Oak pub in Blackpool and Liv has arrived to sell a bag full of stuff…
Dmitri Trenin: the pro-West Russian radicalised by Putin’s war in Ukraine
The circus of American and European diplomats in Moscow loved Dmitri Trenin while he was on their side. Trenin was…
Are the Saudis really ruining boxing?
There’s a new mantra in championship boxing. Try speaking to anyone from that world – a big-time promoter, trainer or…
The depressing world of influencers
Walid Sharks is taking a nasty beating at the AO Arena in Manchester. It’s the second round of his fight…
The sad world of the online influencer
Walid Sharks is taking a nasty beating at the AO Arena in Manchester. It’s the second round of his fight against…
‘It’s a necessity that the Middle East fears us’
Micah Goodman is done being nice and even-handed. He became a best-selling philosopher by telling Israelis that the Palestinians needed…
Zelensky was right to feel cheated by Nato
Gitanas Nauseda stood outside his palace and checked his watch. The Lithuanian President’s guests – the leaders of the other…
Should Ukraine show more ‘gratitude’?
Ben Wallace thinks Ukraine needs to be careful. The West has used a whole load of political energy this week…
How landmines scar a country
Afternoon is boom time in Quang Tri, Vietnam. Fifty years since the war here ended, and they’re still getting rid…
