James Rippingale
This Supper Club Might Change Your Mind About Iraq
“Culture, art, music, history, heritage—that’s not at the forefront of people’s mind when we hear the word ‘Iraq.’”
How to Murder a Prize-Winning Dog and Get Away with It
Just pick a really famous dog who's recently competed in Britain's annual Crufts dog show. Hey, it worked last year.
I Spent Night with the Paramedics Who Respond to London's Worst Stabbings and Shootings
I spent an evening with staff from London's Air Ambulance, the team tasked with treating the capital's most gravely wounded.
Photos of People Who Got Rejected from Nightclubs This Weekend
We found the one club in London that will have no problem properly fucking up your evening.
Inside Headley Court, the Rehab Estate for Injured British Soldiers
We spent a day touring the MOD's Surrey mansion, meeting soldiers undergoing treatment and talking about the effects of battle injuries.
Rwanda Versus the BBC: Broadcaster Faces Growing Storm Over Documentary's 'Genocide Denial'
A film offering a different version of the 1994 genocide has drawn the outrage of a nation, possible criminal charges and an international campaign. It is even being used as evidence by war crimes suspects.
We Asked an Expert What Would Happen if the UK Accidentally Legalized Ecstasy
Would the economy benefit? What about public health? Would xenophobia stop because everyone would be too busy telling each other they're the best friend they've ever had?
A Conversation with the 'World's Most Controversial Jew'
I spoke to Rabbi Shmuley Boteach about anal sex, Israel's controversial nation-state bill, and his former pupil Michael Jackson.
How to Beat the UK's Anti-Boozing Bracelets
If the Tories are re-elected next year, they're going to give judges the power to strap alcohol monitoring devices to people's ankles. Here's how the internet says you can beat the bracelets.
London's Romanian Diaspora Mobilized to Stop Their Prime Minister from Becoming President
Thousands of ex-pat Romanians helped Klaus Iohannis defeat incumbent Victor-Viorel Ponta in an election that centered around accusations of widespread government corruption.
An Army of Giant African Pouched Rats Are Clearing Mozambique's Minefields
Apopo, a Belgium-based NGO, trains rats to sniff out active land mines. So far, they've detected and cleared 6,693 land mines from rural areas of Mozambique, with an estimated 1.6 million square meters of Manica, Sofala, and Tete Provinces due to be...
Are Moroccan Gangsters Being Paid to Beat Up Sub-Saharan Migrants?
Today, Tangier’s migrant population exist on the ragged edges of society, living mostly in the Boukhalef neighborhood, nine miles out from the city center, where they squat the area’s empty high rises.