Simon Doherty

20/10/2021

11/10/2021

Turns out you can get a pretty good haul on a £14 budget.

20/07/2021

16/07/2021

The Flying Spliff

There's one legal loophole that allows you to smoke anywhere... it involves a balloon.

08/07/2021

I wrote about photographer Cammie Toloui who worked in a feminist peep show in San Francisco. We talked about photography, human sexuality and the male ego.

‘5 Dollars for 3 Minutes’ is a photography series by Cammie Toloui. It was shot at the L***y Lady Theater in the North Beach district of San Francisco in the early-1990s. Opening in the 1970s, the iconic strip club originally showcased 16mm films for the emerging po*******hy market. As demand in...

30/06/2021

The ex-drug smuggler lawyer who fights guys half his age, with no gloves.

30/06/2021

That’s what one German billionaire says. But it’s not why the Aztecs and the hippies were such fans.

That’s what one German billionaire says. But it’s not why the Aztecs and the hippies were such fans

23/06/2021

For DJ Mag, I learned as much as I could about why the clubs can’t reopen, if they are likely to reopen on 19th July and what this means for electronic music culture.

  Will clubs actually be able reopen on 19th July? After the UK Government delayed the easing of lockdown earlier this month, many clubs were left in financial ruin. Even ahead of the new proposed date for reopening, there remains a lack of communication around the results from their Events Researc...

23/06/2021

29/04/2021

Police said the rubber grenade’s proximity to lubricant and condoms helped verify their findings.

24/04/2021

In 1972, Doreen Brown took part in a study that involved smoking increasingly strong w**d every day for three months.

20/04/2021

I caught up with the 'Robin Hood of W**d' who's got 2,800 people high for free this 4/20.

OUTLAW is also distributing "souvenir seeds", which he definitely doesn't want you to plant outside police stations.

20/04/2021

Investors are flocking to Lebanon to capitalize on the recent legalization of medicinal cannabis.

But the families who've been producing hash there for generations see it as a threat to their livelihood.

18/03/2021

Witch doctors meet online scammers.

16/03/2021

The Quakers Vs. The British Military - ding, ding, ding.

06/03/2021

I've watched this new doc a few times now, and it hits me hard every time.

05/03/2021

I made a video for my latest article.

03/03/2021

In the future some people will take much safer, non-addictive alternatives to alcohol; there'll be no hangovers, no memory loss, no aggression and no beer fear.

I tried one and interviewed Professor David Nutt who created it.

We tried out a new booze alternative.

07/02/2021

“The code words he was using were difficult to decipher but his colleagues would often slip up.” — Craig Lovato, DEA

I spoke to Craig Lovato, the man who made it his life’s work to track down the celebrated cannabis smuggler and counterculture hero.

29/01/2021

“Students woke up, looked out of their window and saw these huge metal fences being put around the campus. Some were so angry that they actually started pulling down fences.”

Watch VICE's new documentary about university life under lockdown.

27/01/2021

This guy got Charles Manson's ashes tattooed onto his forehead.

I asked him about it.

"Unfortunately, he is now forever infamously part of history, and I chose to have that DNA history a part of me."

25/01/2021

23/01/2021

21/01/2021

The man with 500 identities.

19/01/2021

11/01/2021

I wrote about some docs to watch during lockdown 3.0.

We don't know how long this will take, but we've got you covered.

07/01/2021

The concession came after Congress defied a pro-Trump mob to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the early hours of the morning.

22/12/2020

03/12/2020

I checked out what you have to eat to drink in Teir 2 London.

Under Tier 2 restrictions, pubs can remain open as long as they're serving substantial meals. What exactly that means is anyone's guess.

27/11/2020

This is the real conspiracy people should be worried about.

23/11/2020

20/11/2020

I interviewed a guy who writes letters to serial killers.

You can check out his channel - Bizarre Bazaar - on YouTube.

11/11/2020