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I Don't Have the Stones to Be a Crime Reporter

Last summer, I filed a story about a 12-year-old girl from London who'd failed to return home one Friday. People go missing all the time, so, although obviously sad, it was nothing that remarkable. In the days that followed, however, Tia Sharp's disappearance became England's most reported-upon news story. Full story

VICE News

Margaret Thatcher's Death Party

On Saturday, thousands of people showed up in Trafalgar Square in London to celebrate the death of Margaret Thatcher. Our colleagues from VICE UK went along to witness this morbid and very British party. Full story

Making Friends at Thatcher's London Death Party

A bunch of people in London decided to have a street party to celebrate the death of the Iron Lady. We swung by to see why people were so stoked that an old lady had died. Full story

The Coronavirus Could Be the 'Next Big One'

The deadly coronavirus was first discovered last September, when a Qatari man traveled to London to receive medical attention for a mysterious illness. It raised a red flag among experts from the outset. “There are certain families of viruses and groups of viruses that are on the… Full story

Art Talk

Philip Michael Wolfson

London-based architect Philip Michael Wolfson was Zaha Hadid's head of design for ten years. Now he runs his own studio, where he works on sculptural pieces and interior architecture. When we visited, he discussed his creative process and showed us a new piece that he's calling "… Full story

VICE Shorts

'The Ellington Kid' by Dan Sully

In a typical South London kebab shop Nathan tells Beefy a story. It's a story he's heard about the Ellington kid, who got stabbed and found refuge in the very kebab shop they are sitting in. Full story

The Hat-Wearing Moron Taxonomy

I made a scale of hat-wearing douches, and you're probably on it. Full story

Who Firebombed London's Oldest Anarchist Bookshop?

At around 5 AM Friday morning an arsonist entered Angel Alley, smashed a window, poured accelerant into the shop, and sent the books, pamphlets, and irreplaceable archives of Freedom newspaper up in flames. Full story

Question of the Day

Should Women Be Allowed to Fight on the Frontline?

Women are great at washing up, looking after the kids, and doing the cooking for their hardworking husbands. We were wondered if it was worth ruining all that good stuff just so they could fight on the frontlines of war. For an answer, we asked a bunch of Brits. Full story

We Talked to the Lady Who Sent a Camera to Julian Assange's Embassy Hideout

A group of Swiss artists sent a package fitted with a camera that took a photo every ten seconds to the Ecuadorian embassy. The "Delivery for Mr. Assange" project gave us a glimpse into how the Carey Mulligan doppelgänger of the whistle-blower world has been living during his tim… Full story