The long read: Plenty of people will tell you the East Neuk of Fife in Scotland is the best place in the world to eat fish and chips. So what happens when its chippies – and chippies across the UK –...

For years, Britain’s most powerful newspapers spied on anyone they thought might lead them to a juicy story. No victim was ever so angry and so fabulously wealthy that they could afford to risk...

In One Direction, Louis Tomlinson was ‘the kid at the back’. Now, with his first solo album and his own record label, he’s taking the spotlight and learning to trust himself. By Tom Lamont

The long read: After decades among the hidden homeless, Dominic Van Allen dug himself a bunker beneath a public park. But his life would get even more precarious

Welder, comedian, Hollywood star, celebrated artist… The life story of Billy Connolly has been a real page turner. Here, he talks about love, loss and landing on his feet

Buildings aren’t supposed to burn the way London’s Grenfell Tower did. This is what it felt like to fight a fire burning at 1,800 degrees—and to flee it.

The long read: Josiah Elleston-Burrell had done everything to make his dream of studying architecture a reality. But, suddenly, in the summer of 2020, he found his fate was no longer in his hands

A lifetime after the Holocaust, a few of its perpetrators remain at large. German detectives are making a final push to hunt them down.

The long read: What’s behind the indestructible appeal of the robotic snack?

Any old billionaire can buy planes and yachts. The real prize now is something rarer: A sports team. But landing one is impossible. Unless you know who to call.

The long read: After they were locked out of their own stadium, an unlikely band of supporters came together to save the club

Our annual pick of the most exciting debut fiction has previously tipped Sally Rooney and Louise Kennedy, Tom Crewe and Douglas Stuart. Here the class of 2024 tell us their stories

For the past year, many men have spent more time with their children than ever before. Could it force a permanent change?

The Long Read: Bookmakers have become a fixture of the British high street. But the savage murder of a lone employee at a London betting shop has revealed the risks that their workers face

The long read: Frank Fisher, now 90, was a traditional high street butcher his whole working life – as were three generations of his family before him. How does a man dedicated to serving his...

Increasing awareness of the price of toxic masculinity has led many parents to wonder how best to prepare the young men of the future. One father consults the experts

The long read: The public expects cops to pursue the bad guys. But a shocking tally of deaths has exposed how often these chases put the public at risk

How a hit on a retired spy named Sergei Skripal became the latest—and most terrifying—front in Vladimir Putin’s war with the West.

They’ve had 95 international number ones and are worth £70m, but is the world’s biggest boy band outgrowing its fans? And if so, what next? By Tom Lamont

What happens when two Hollywood actors who know nothing about soccer buy a middling pro team in Wales? GQ’s Tom Lamont spent a season following football's newest fans to find out.

They’ve had 95 international number ones and are worth £70m, but is the world’s biggest boy band outgrowing its fans? And if so, what next? By Tom Lamont

Virtual assistance for referees has drawn complaints from managers, players and fans. What has it done to the beautiful game?

We live in an age of infinite scrolling and endless interruptions. So what happens when you unplug your life? Tom Lamont met the man who works in total darkness

When his partner David died in 2019, the Reverend Richard Coles found himself alone for the first time in 12 years. Here, he talks to Tom Lamont about grief – and the strange moments it brings

What’s on the average 16- and 17-year-old’s mind? We talked to young men across the UK about masculinity, #MeToo, role models and coming of age now

This month sees the 100th edition of the famed (and still bestselling) album. How do you capture musical moments – one Bieber track at a time?

It’s the glue in many father-daughter relationships, with its earworm anthem and empowered princesses. Can the most successful animated film of all time do it again?

With her hypnotic videos, provocative album and singular image, FKA Twigs is 2014’s most intriguing new pop talent. Over a tearful lunch in New York, she talks to Tom Lamont

Abel Tesfaye’s tortured, genre-bending R&B has brought him millions of fans, a triple platinum album and collaborations with Daft Punk and Beyoncé. Will mainstream success make him happy?

If you were throwing a pity party among American playwrights, the antisocial, alcoholic, self-dramatising misery named...

The long read: Across the country, pubs are being shuttered at an alarming rate – scooped up by developers and ransacked for profit – changing the face of neighbourhoods and turning our beloved...

Faced with a new rival, can the channel survive? Staffers share the story of a tumultuous 12 months.

She has just won an Emmy for her role in The Crown and now takes the lead in two Oscar-tipped films. So why doesn’t the British actor believe her own hype?

It’s half a century since Sir Ian McKellen first played Hamlet. Now he’s starring as the Dane again – at 82. He talks about his extraordinary life, why he’ll never write his memoir – and his one...

[FREE TO READ] Disposable vapes are becoming the near-perfect product: cheap, addictive and available everywhere. What will that mean for our kids?

The acquittal of four protesters in Bristol sparked fury from the government – and raised fresh questions about justice, racism and history.

The British director of “American Honey” wants everyone to be themselves.

At 32, she was unhireable. At 48, she is unmissable. The Gypsy star talks lucky breaks, bad reviews and being in therapy

In One Direction, Louis Tomlinson was ‘the kid at the back’. Now, with his first solo album and his own record label, he’s taking the spotlight and learning to trust himself. By Tom Lamont