The Space Between

I was driving home from work when I heard them talking about it. Radio Four. The assisted dying bill. It had been moving through Parliament for months and now it was stalling. Amendments, delays, the usual machinery of things that make people uncomfortable taking...

The $4

There is a moment where you can see exactly what you need and still not move. Muhammad Ali had it at seventeen. His bike had been stolen. He’d wandered into a basement gym looking for someone to report it to and found Joe Martin instead. Martin ran...

Saturday, 25 April 2026

A conversation about why Nigerian politics keeps producing the same candidates led to one question: where exactly does the process go wrong? This is the first investigation in a twelve-part series that follows that question from a ward office in Lagos to election...

BEFORE THE BALLOT

The candidate you keep getting was chosen before you voted. A few weeks ago I was with a group of friends. Jollof rice, Asun, and a conversation that went somewhere I didn’t expect. At some point someone asked why Nigerian politics keeps producing the same kind...

FRIDAY, 24 APRIL 2026

WHAT HE WALKED INTO  Taiwo Oyedele formally took over as Finance Minister on Thursday, inheriting an economy where PwC projected 2 million Nigerians would fall below the poverty line in 2026. STAY CAUTIOUS  The Nigerian Citizens Association South Africa warned...