Essex
Everything We Know So Far About the 'Conman Murder' In Essex
John 'Goldfinger' Palmer was murdered at his home in Brentwood in June last year.
Why Is Public Housing Dying Out in the UK?
Speaking to the residents of some of the UK's most famous housing estates about the systematic erasure of subsidized housing.
Why I'm Finally Telling the Truth About Britain’s Most Notorious Gangland Murder
The Essex Boys were thieves, cowards, and murderers, but their kids deserve to know who killed them.
England's New Privatised Police Force Sells Fear to Old People
I went on patrol with sleepy Frinton-on-Sea's new team of private bouncers.
This 100-Year-Old Factory Makes the Saltiest Salt You’ll Ever Taste
Maldon salt, produced in a Victorian saltworks on the Blackwater estuary in Essex, is championed as one of the world’s finest tasting salts, thanks to its unique pyramid structure.
This Is What It’s Like to Farm the World’s Most Expensive Spice
David Smale’s “farm” is the size of a tennis court, on which grow hundreds of saffron plants. It’s taken him ten years to get to this stage and his entire business relies on the small field.
Lion Babe Go to a Festival at the End of the Earth
A flowery chat about Britain and all it’s stereotypical charms, like fry ups, ponies, bottles of piss, and Essex.
The World’s Deepest Pool Could Be a Training Ground for Space Tourists
A UK company wants to build a 50m-deep pool for astronauts and divers to train in.
This Secret Nuclear Bunker in England Is Terrifying
It's also a great day trip if you want to be reminded that you can be vaporized in a matter of seconds.
Police Stole This Guy's Banoffee Pie Icing and They Will Pay For It
An Essex man is demanding £850 from the police who broke into his houseboat and made off with a bag of powder, which turned out to be sugar for making banoffee pie.
The New Wave: Labour
In this new series, we profile the young hopefuls looking to shake things up at the general election. In the first episode we meet 23-year-old socialist Sam Gould, who's running for Labour in Romford.
Meme Politics and Apathy in UKIP-on-Sea
It's pretty apt that a funeral parlour off a roundabout in this town on the north-east coast of Essex could well be considered the spiritual home of UKIP.