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Miles Ellingham

Miles Ellingham is a Contributing Editor at Dispatch. He has written for The Observer, The Financial Times, The New Statesman and Rolling Stone.

The villagers of Glod were portrayed as backward Kazakh criminals (Fonie Mitsopoulou)In Borat, the villagers of Glod were portrayed as backward Kazakh criminals (Fonie Mitsopoulou)
May 21, 2026

What happened to Borat’s village?

Sacha Baron Cohen turned Glod into a punchline • Its Roma residents say they were tricked • 20 years on, this is their story

by Miles Ellingham
Rich stands inside a mine shaft in the Forest of Dean (Alexander Rogers)
Feb 10, 2026

The last of England's freeminers

A centuries-old tradition in the Forest of Dean • England's only independent miners • 'We can be your best friend or your worst enemy'

by Miles Ellingham
In Sandbanks, Robert Dunford takes in a view he knows he’ll never afford (Harry Mitchell)
Nov 25, 2025

The empty soul of Britain's Palm Springs

Sandbanks is England's most expensive neighbourhood • But at what cost? • A paradise built on imported sand

by Miles Ellingham
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