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Japan Wrapped

In his book ‘A beginners guide to Japan’, essayist and travel writer Pico Iyer opens with the line: “I’ve been living in western Japan fo...

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Part Two | I is for Interrogator

In the second half of the [55-page transcript] interview with military intelligence interrogator 'Simon' [still not his real name], we decided to...

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Part One | I is for Interrogator

People often ask me what I do, and sometimes I just shortcut to, “I collect interesting people for a living.” During the pandemic, I gave exa...

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H is for HS2

What would you do with a spare £3,300? Let me be straight from the start: I do not agree with HS2. And here’s another thing I disagree with:...

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Glad to be Grey

A few years ago now, we carried out some work for an insurance provider for those over fifty years old. Hired by a London-based agency to smash the m...

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F is for Food...Fast.

Love it or loathe it, convenience is at the heart of modern human culture. We’re constantly on the go, seeking time-saving solutions for our ev...

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Eco & the economics of communes

The focus of our eco-village is not to just be at one with nature but to be in concurrence with others. To not care about how you look, to take off t...

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Meet: Maysam, Habibi Skate Shop, Dubai

I had the pleasure of meeting Dubai skate legend Maysam online for a global project we did last year. We’re still to meet in real life, but he’s ...

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The Making of Our Table: Black female creatives on finding community in Dubai

Dubai is a wondrous place with a skyline of towering glass facades, blinding beachy blues, world-class cuisine and 24/7 entertainment. A dynamic ...

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Part Four | “The CIA do fuck-all for you.”

In this final instalment of our four-part series interviewing an ex-CIA operative/spy, we close the discussion by talking about his relationship with...

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Part Three | “A self-licking ice-cream cone…”

In this third excerpt of our four-part series interviewing an ex-CIA operative/spy, we talk more about life inside and out of the CIA [“Langley”]...

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