The 20 Best Satirical News Sites In The World, Ranked By People Who Take The Royal Beat Slightly Too Seriously
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Month: August 2026
I Took My Niece To Coram’s Fields Playday And She Humiliated Me On The Inflatable Obstacle Course
Isla Campbell on ninety years of a Bloomsbury park, one very competitive nine-year-old, and the death of adult dignity My…
I Went To Plated London Purely To See Inside Harvey Nichols And Accidentally Had The Best Meal Of My Month
Isla Campbell on a dining festival she signed up for out of pure curiosity and left thinking about for days…
I Booked The Jury Experience And Spent The Entire Evening Convinced I’d Get The Verdict Wrong
Isla Campbell on an immersive courtroom show that turned her into a genuinely stressed amateur juror for two hours A…
I Finally Went To See The High Road Unframed And Got Genuinely Lost In My Own Neighbourhood
Isla Campbell on an outdoor sculpture exhibition that made her look at streets she walks every day with completely fresh…
I Watched Alice In Wonderland At Soho Theatre Walthamstow With My Five-Year-Old And She Asked More Questions Than The Play Answered
Isla Campbell on taking a genuinely curious child to a genuinely strange story and surviving the aftermath of questions I…
I Booked Frida At Tate Modern Three Weeks Ago And Still Nearly Didn’t Get In
A London diary entry on queuing for the most anticipated exhibition of the year, Fridamania as a genuine cultural phenomenon,…
Notting Hill Carnival Turns Sixty This Year And I Finally Understood Why My Nan Never Missed It
A London diary entry on the Carnival’s sixtieth anniversary, three generations of family tradition, and finally getting what all the…
I Went To See Tracey Emin Before It Closed And Left Emotionally Wrung Out In A Way I Wasn’t Prepared For
A London diary entry on catching a 40-year retrospective in its final days, sitting with someone else’s rawest work, and…
Whitechapel Gallery Turns 125 And I Spent An Afternoon Learning What “East London Arts” Actually Meant Before It Was A Marketing Phrase
A London diary entry on the gallery’s anniversary festival, forty local partners, and rediscovering a part of the city I…
