Gareth May

Gareth May

  • Behind the Rise of Hijab Porn

    Exploring why more and more porn studios have started to make films featuring the headscarf.

  • A Bristol Rave Was Nearly Ruined By Coffee Rust

    Organisers of the world’s first coffee rave have had their supply of beans depleted due to “coffee rust,” a fungal disease destroying coffee plants in the Dominican Republic.

  • We Should Start Breeding Our Own Snails

    Many people are still squeamish about eating insects, but snails are far less of a reach. We caught up with the UK’s principal supplier of live edible snails and snail farm starter kits to find out more about the land-molluscs we should be eating.

  • Why Is Incest Porn So Popular?

    There's been an increase in the consumption of porn in which the actors pretend to be related, but is incest really what the fans want, or do they just crave something more outrageous than the last thing they saw?

  • Britain's Biggest Breakfast Almost Killed Me

    I went to the Wonder Café to take on its infamous breakfast challenge: four fried slices of bread, four slices of toast, four eggs, six sausages, six rashers of bacon, six hash browns, four black pudding, plum tomatoes, beans, and mushrooms with a catch.

  • This Journalist Has Spent Her Career Championing HIV Dissidents

    Joan Shenton's 1998 book Positively False questioned the existence of HIV. Last week an updated anniversary edition was released. We asked the author what's changed over the last 17 years.