Ahead of Thatcher's centenery, I travelled across the UK to speak to those still living in her Britain.

I interviewed dozens of people — including an IRA bomber, a Toxteth rioter, and a Scottish miner who celebrated her death.

You can read the result in @dispatchmedia.bsky.social.

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On the other, it revealed the grim extent to which true-crime TikTokers depend on churning out sensationalist content for hits.

On the one hand, it's classic case of legacy media failing on sensitivity and accuracy.

Reach recycled inaccurate headlines across its local outlets — and national outlets didn’t do much better.

Two weeks ago, four people fell to their deaths from Whitby’s cliffs in four days.

Within hours, wild serial-killer rumours went viral on TikTok — a grim example of how the “content” economy rewards ghoulish voyeurism.

My report for @dispatchmedia.bsky.social is below:

Delighted to see @dispatchmedia.bsky.social's opioid investigation featured on the cover of this week's Spectator and inside the New Statesman.

The UK has witnessed a disturbing rise in nitazene-related deaths in recent years — but the Government has been reluctant to say where it’s happening.

After sending rounds of FoIs, Dispatch can reveal hotspots for the first time.

(There's an interactive map in the link below.)

𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍'𝐒 𝐇𝐈𝐃𝐃𝐄𝐍 𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐎𝐈𝐃 𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐒

I'm kicking off @dispatchmedia.bsky.social today with a months-long investigation into the rise of nitazines — a new synthetic opioid 40 times stronger than fentanyl.

Link and interactive map below:

Dispatch's first piece will go live next Tuesday. After that, we'll publish two features a week from across the globe.

I'm open for pitches — here's what we're looking for:

Some personal-professional news:

... Introducing Dispatch — a new magazine fuelled by frontier spirit.

Link and more info below.