Tom Ball

My one-night stand-up hell

17 November 2018 9:00 am

At 8.45 p.m. I was back in the toilets again feeling pure terror. In front of me was a narrow…

Amateur porn is not empowering

11 August 2018 9:00 am

If ever you find yourself bored and with 15 minutes to spare, I recommend looking up Pornhub’s annual report, the…

The real Russian housewives of Knightsbridge

24 March 2018 9:00 am

The Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Knightsbridge is nestled in a maze of mews streets and embassy rows somewhere between Harrods…

What do proper communists really think of Corbyn?

20 January 2018 9:00 am

Last year, more than 15,000 communists gathered in the Russian seaside town of Sochi for a week-long commemoration of the…

Cottaging in the age of Grindr

25 November 2017 9:00 am

There are nights when, crossing the dark parkland by my house, I see a man beneath a remote streetlamp. He…