Yeah has to be said, New York is leaving other city magazines in the dust at the moment

Jack is amongst the best in the business, hire him right now…

A lovely obituary for a pioneer of our time, Russell Newcombe, by Mike Jay

Russell will be missed but he leaves behind an inspiring legacy and unyielding respect from those who knew him and his work.

theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

25 Years Ago Today: The UK's Worst Ever Homophobic Attack…

Credit: roughcastmag.com

#london #soho #lgbthistory 🏳️‍🌈

Bring on the instant.

Stuart Potts is a former crack addict who has hit rock bottom more than once. But since 2020 he has offered hundreds of homeless people a bed in his small flat – and for many of them, it has been life-changing
✍️Samira Shackle⁩ theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

25 Years Ago Today: The UK's Worst Ever Homophobic Attack…

Credit: roughcastmag.com

#london #soho #lgbthistory 🏳️‍🌈

I wrote about 'Peak Booze' – 2004, when UK alcohol consumption reached its highest point for a century – and its potential relation to the current record alcohol death rates. For The Observer >>>

theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

Newsflash: Short-form video is just the latest medium, there'll be a new fad in a few years. But written word will last forever.

A tribute to Russell Newcombe

Our thoughts are with Russells family and friends at today's memorial
transformdrugs.org/blog/a-tribute…

Our friend and ally Russell Newcombe, a giant in the field of harm reduction and more humane drug policy, died recently. His partner, Cher, needs your help. Urgently.

Please give what you can and *amplify*

gofundme.com/f/celebrating-…

Cali loves shrooms, that much is known. But did you know that there’s a magic mushroom church (which I visited last year) in California with a whopping 100,000 members? Zide Door is founded by Dave Hodges, who believes shrooms and cannabis are divine sacraments which facilitate…

'Among the deceased were allegedly older people, women and wounded, including some bound and stripped of their clothes.'

I do not understand why more people are not talking about this. I do not understand any of this at all.

theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

so loved working on this piece about the rise of intimacy coordinators in the adult industry! porn creators are always some of my fave people to talk to – and what the contribs in this story are doing for the industry (including trailblazing education workshops) is astounding

‘the cost of touring crisis’

Hello, looking to speak with someone that was in a 00s indie-ish band about alcohol and excess at the time. Less interested in lurid tales from backstage at Barfly than their thoughts on the normalisation of being wasted in that era. Will be sensitively handled and need asap!

Hahah found the email.

£25 charge every time this landlord has to respond to her tenant complaining about mould.

You couldn't make it up.

British travellers in Thailand are getting into kratom, a naturally occurring opioid which was legalised there in 2021. It's being brewed into brightly-coloured so-called 'potions' and promoted over TikTok. Read my report in THE FACE...

theface.com/society/kratom…

Some reporting from me this weekend The Times and The Sunday Times 🧵