Brilliant Yoel! in the FT Weekend mag this morning Yoel Noorali

Every NHS story I’ve read for 2 yrs has kinda been the same thing over & over. This piece in this week’s FT Weekend Magazine is so fresh & funny that, when I was reading the first draft, I asked Esther Bintliff “this is nonfic, right?” about 4 times #longreads on.ft.com/43O9sdQ

Happy anniversary to The Times They Are a-Changin', the truly cursed Bob Dylan Broadway musical that opened on this date in 2006 (and closed a couple weeks later). For "Like a Rolling Stone," they had the whole cast—wait for it—roll around on stones.

inspired by some of my favourites

I have a piece in the current Esquire, covering the funniest and most depressing time in my life!

I was very moved by Joe's failure to halfheartedly found a seaweed start-up and saw many parallels between it and my life. Read it in Esquire!

Features an ensemble cast of Charlotte, Ella, Tom, Joe, Billy Joel, and in uncredited cameos Charlie and Oliver. Unlikely to ever attempt "investigative journalism" again so please enjoy this one failed effort.

A dispatch from the Camberwell Badlands

a piece I wrote for the last Esquire is now online, recounting eight weeks of emails with Habitat esquire.com/uk/life/a61544…

Loved it! Buy! Reminded me of The Easter Parade and the Kelly Reichardt film Showing Up. Buy!

#SaveThePCC Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease. For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below; you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princecharle…

Tonight in London - Soho Reading Series ft. @yoelnoreally and curated by @hannahregel at the Betsey Trotwood. Yoel Noorali's short story collection, The Kingdom, is forthcoming from Book Works in October 2025.

How our gentrified London flat turned into a Hitchcockian nightmare on.ft.com/3HKAm0X

‘Monetised standing’: the art of being a film extra. What skill does it take to be a background actor? A journalist finds out. Read more: bit.ly/3GCeAMz

Opportune moment to re-share the piece I wrote for The Fence Magazine last year 🔨🪟 the-fence.com/scenes-from-an…

Issue 25 is here 📸 With work from Fergus Butler-Gallie, Jade Angeles Fitton, voracious reader, Jimmy McIntosh, Nishant Choksi, Yoel Noorali, Snake Denton, Mr. Showbiz OBE, Ella, Zara Meerza, Antonia Bentel, Dan Richards, Ray Philp and many more. the-fence.com/shop/