Facts
Reporting, profiles, and non-fiction from the print edition.
The Da Vinci of Halton Moor
A salute to a Yorkshireman with a future-proofed legacy, Jimi Heselden, the miner-turned-multi-millionaire.
2 March 2026
Justice for Joe
How did a 21-year-old man come to die on a driveway in the West of Ireland?
23 February 2026
I’m Going to Be Sacked for Shagging About
An obituary to television’s least-loved genre.
10 February 2026
Lead Heads
The art of a good sub, by one of the world’s best writers.
2 February 2026
Poet Lorryete
Tracking down a Glasgow cabbie with a passion for controversy... and poetry.
22 January 2026
Short-Arseing Around the Picasso
Whatever happened to the coolest café in London?
15 January 2026
All My Friends Are Famous
The mysterious covenant of the celebrity-civilian friendship pact.
13 January 2026
Choo-Choo-Cha-Boogie
Steam through history, as we take a ride on the very first locomotive engine.
5 January 2026
When the Sleigh Bells Ring
Isobel Thompson met Santa Claus.
16 December 2025
Czech in, Cash out
Fergus Butler-Gallie seeks bodily and monetary cleanliness.
16 December 2025
Sent to Coventry
Decca Mitford’s son, Ben Treuhaft, is a piano tuner with a purple-dyed goatee, living between Edinburgh and the West Midlands. But does he share his mother’s politics?
9 December 2025Visa-Vis
For our correspondent, a graduate visa held out the promise of an exciting future. After completing two degrees, she tried, and struggled, to find a job because the visa that gave her a right to work…
14 November 2025