Lots written about the migration crisis in Calais in recent months — but very little about the other frontier running through the Alps. Peter Yeung corrects that:

Vividly remember reading this for the first time. A deeply unsettling experience. Well worth 10 minutes of your time.

Brilliant idea, this

Particularly enjoyed discovering the fate of Thatcher's childhood bedroom. (The house in Grantham is now a wellness centre.)

wrote about being sooooo fucking dumb

Happy birthday !!!

she'll be looking up at this and smiling

"I was, as Danny Dyer would say, on their manor." Jack Burke goes in search of Britain's Hells Angels — and finds them at a Kentish garden party. Link below.

Come for the men in leather, stay for the bouncy castle. Obvs I'm biased, but this report on Britain's Hell's Angels by Jack Burke is class: dispatch-media.com/hells-angels-i…

"The city has its problems, sure, but none warrant the deployment of freshly militarised and scantily trained dadbods seeking a $12,000 signing bonus to brutalise American citizens with impunity." Valen Lambert deliciously skewers Trump's hysteria: dispatch-media.com/trumps-fake-wa…

A very busy six months for Dispatch and the 40+ writers who've reported from across the UK and the world. It's also been very fun. dispatch-media.com/the-first-six-…

Throughly deserved!

In deepest Cornwall, a coven of witches is steadily growing in power — using spells, potions and... WhatsApp. marianne eloise reports:

“This is my sister, Willow,” Sorcha says lightly. “She’s a dental assistant, but she has prophetic dreams.” ~~~ Enchanting spooky-season reportage from marianne eloise here: