There are not many British actors with a career quite like Danny Dyer. He has been a rave culture icon, a football hooligan, a gangster film regular, the landlord of the Queen Vic, a documentary presenter, a game show host and, eventually, a BAFTA-winning actor. Yet perhaps the most interesting part of Danny Dyer’s career […]

There was a time when walking into a British newsagent meant being greeted by an unmistakable wall of magazines. Alongside the newspapers, sweets and drinks were titles such as Loaded, FHM, Nuts and Zoo, often featuring celebrities, football stories and provocative headlines. For more than a decade, these magazines were not simply something people picked […]

In 2010, CCTV cameras captured scenes on the streets of Huddersfield that appeared to belong to another era. This was not grainy footage from the height of football hooliganism in the 1970s or 1980s. It was broad daylight in modern England, years after the authorities claimed organised football violence had been brought under control. The […]

In 1995, grainy black and white footage appeared on television screens around the world claiming to show something extraordinary: the autopsy of an alien recovered from the infamous 1947 Roswell UFO incident. The footage appeared to show government pathologists examining and cutting open a humanoid body with a large head, oversized eyes and strange injuries. […]

For decades, one undercover journalist was capable of turning a private conversation into a national scandal. Mazher Mahmood, better known as the “Fake Sheikh”, became one of the most feared figures in British tabloid journalism. Using elaborate disguises, hidden recording equipment and carefully constructed fictional identities, Mahmood persuaded celebrities, sports stars, politicians and public figures […]

British boxing fans have been waiting years to see Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury finally share a ring. The heavyweight rivals have dominated conversations across the sport for more than a decade. Both have held world titles, headlined major stadium events and represented British boxing on the biggest stage. Yet, despite several rounds of negotiations, […]