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Just a heads-up: this article has graphic detail that you might find upsetting. Watching the news of murderer Christa Pike’s execution has been conflicting and,
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Jon Ronson’s new book crashed suddenly into his life. One morning, he woke up to a flurry of texts that his son, Joel, had sent
I find myself outside the Cross Keys pub, a huge red brick building on Chapel Street in Ashton-in-Makerfield. I stood on this same spot in
I wasn’t really looking forward to doing my Times Radio show last night. Our top story was the murder of Ann Widdecombe. It was on
When I reached for my phone on Friday afternoon, bleary-eyed from an all-nighter, it wasn’t the first time something I’d said at 3am had got
I am currently enjoying the rarest of treats for the parent of a toddler: a week to myself. Michaela has taken our daughter Molly on
Sometimes, when I am driving home from hosting my late night Times Radio show, I hit a red traffic light at a roundabout near MediaCity.
A few years ago I made a documentary about a man who claims to be God… and the people who follow him. But there was
It was a couple of hours before Donald Trump promised to bomb Iran back to the Stone Age that humanity did something extraordinary. Under an
Can I have your attention, please? Professor D. Graham Burnett would like it, too. Graham is an historian of tech and science… and through his
Last night, after bathing Molly and putting her to bed, I got stuck into one of my favourite pastimes: taking the bins out. What was
“Grab your popcorn and enjoy your front row seat to the collapse of modern Britain” Last week, I wrote about how a dystopian view of
Last week, on a trip to North America, I had some strange conversations. On more than one occasion, I spoke to somebody who seemed to
I have done something gross. I needed to do it. I did it for you. I did it for science, in the name of human
The sky was a deep purple, with lashings of red, as emerged from the radio studio a week last Sunday morning. It was a lovely
This month marks the second anniversary of the disappearance of Nicola Bulley – the mum of two who went missing in Lancashire, sparking a media
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This was first sent as a newsletter to hundreds of subscribers. Occasionally, I will send content, thoughts and ideas direct to your inbox. To join