Josh White / 05 Sep 2023
Al-Fayed and The Observer
A Tale of Tabloid Politics
Every day, thousands shop at Harrods. The luxury department store is a magnet for the super-rich and voyeuristic tourists. (...)
Newspapers
Josh White / 07 Aug 2023
The Original Right-Wing Tabloid
Hating the Daily Mail
The Daily Mail is easy to hate, especially if you’re left-wing.(...)
Josh White / 24 Jul 2023
Blair’s Favourite Newspaper
The Independent Story
The Independent has long been a favourite newspaper of British liberals and leftists alike.(...)
Josh White / 10 Jul 2023
West London Tories
The Evening Standard Class
Every Londoner knows the Evening Standard. Stacked outside tube stations and strewn across the floors of carriages, the newspaper is impossible to avoid.(...)
Josh White / 26 Jun 2023
Animal Drag as Gender Hysteria
Britain’s Tabloids Get Dirty
Kids all over the UK identify as cats, dogs, horses, and sometimes even the moon.
Josh White / 03 Apr 2023
The Other Britain
The Rise and Fall of gal-dem
The first British magazine for women and non-binary people of colour is gone. After eight years of publishing, gal-dem shut down due to intractable financial difficulties.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 21 Dec 2022
Sonic Reporting
Everywhere But There, by Joel Schalit
Battleground editor Joel Schalit’s new album Everywhere But There forcefully demonstrates the need for a new kind of political reporting, one which presents the world as it actually is instead of distorting it in the pursuit of profit.(...)
Josh White / 21 Nov 2022
Magazine for the Poor
Selling The Big Issue
You’ve seen them wearing red jackets, carrying a red magazine. (...)
Josh White / 24 Oct 2022
Tabloid Party Publishing
Remembering Modern Review
The Groucho Club is a Soho institution. It’s an old haunt for celebrities, artists and journalists, and the kind of people who want to mix with them.(...)
Josh White / 19 Sep 2022
Capitalists Never Lie
Why Read The Financial Times
Above the entrance of Bracken House, sits the face of Winston Churchill, set in a gold sunburst on an astrological clock.(...)