Work
Will We Ever Get the Four-Day Work Week?
A 2023 pilot study of the four-day week had overwhelmingly positive results. So why aren’t we all going for it?
Robert Hofmann
8.10.23
Photography
Police Say This Is One of Berlin's Most Dangerous Areas. Locals Say There's More to It.
Photographer Manuel Lossau profiles the people of Kotti.
Robert Hofmann
3.16.23
University
'I Earned About £5,000': Ghostwriters Are Helping Uni Students Cheat Exams
Two anonymous students explain how they get paid to sit other people's online exams.
Robert Hofmann
3.29.22
Music
A Far-Right Rapper Who Remade Hip-Hop Into White Power Anthems Now Faces Jail
Mr. Bond flew under the authorities' radar for years, until the Halle synagogue attacker soundtracked a Twitch stream with his music.
Robert Hofmann
1.10.22
New Years Eve
We Asked a Fireworks Fan Who Spends Almost £1,000 on New Year: Why?
"Other people spend a lot of money going on vacations – my pleasure in life is New Year's Eve."
Robert Hofmann
12.27.21
Photos Inside the Bronzed World of Professional Bodybuilders
Photographer Nikolas-Petros Androbik documents the competition smiles, snacks and muscle flexes of some seriously hench people.
Robert Hofmann
12.2.21
Azerbaijan
How a Secret Army of Azerbaijani Interns Infiltrated Germany's Democracy
For years, interns from Azerbaijan have networked in the Bundestag, maintaining strange contacts with the regime of Ilham Aliyev – and German politicians.
Robert Hofmann
Boris Kartheuser
Felix Dachsel
6.8.21
Corruption
How an Authoritarian Regime Infiltrated a Government in the Heart of Europe
A VICE investigation reveals how a little-known TV station and large sums of money were part of a lobbying strategy to polish Azerbaijan's image in Germany.
Felix Dachsel
Robert Hofmann
3.29.21
Lockdown
I Miss Living in a Filthy Flat-Share
From the plant growing in our rusty sink to the flatmate who didn't pay rent – lockdown has made me romanticise it all.
Robert Hofmann
2.24.21