
Trapped in Thatcherland
100 years of Maggie • Voices of miners, bombers, rioters • From Toxteth to Long Kesh
Weekend Dispatch #15
Hello, and welcome to the Weekend Dispatch — your guide to life on the frontier. Inside: Russians, roulette and an ice-cream truck. Onwards… It’s been a busy week at HQ, with Dispatch's rumbling of fake AI “journalist” Margaux Blanchard still ricocheting across the world. The story has been

Margaux Blanchard, the journalist who didn't exist
Dispatch rumbles AI fraud • The power of reporting • Introducing the Blanchard offer

The TikTok ghouls of Whitby
Four deaths in four days • A town mourns • Conspiracies go viral

The forgotten founder of the EDL
Paul Ray lit the fuse • Then disappeared • From Luton to Ukraine

An evening with Britain's most offensive comedian
Is Roy 'Chubby' Brown still alive? • Yes • Good evening, Blackpool