Mark Wilding

The Observer • 15th December 2024

‘If we don’t get off this mountain I don’t think I can do another night’

6,400m up a rarely climbed peak in the Himalayas, two climbers lost most of their kit – and nearly their lives. One of them, Fay Manners, explains what keeps her climbing

Prospect • 10th July 2024

The asylum king

How one man has made millions from Britain’s broken immigration system. A joint investigation by Liberty Investigates and Prospect

The Guardian • 14th April 2024

Meet the art detectives

At least 2,000 items from the British Museum were reported missing, stolen or damaged last year. When that happens, who do they call?

Hakai Magazine • 17th August 2021

Why We Can’t Shake Ambergris

The odd, enduring appeal of a scarce commodity few people use and no one really needs.

Vice • 4th May 2021

Inside the Spirituality ‘Cult’ Whose Members Allege Sexual and Financial Exploitation

VICE World News spoke to dozens of ex-Modern Mystery School members, who described bizarre initiations, sexual coercion, and rampant profiteering.

Esquire • 10th September 2018

Circle Or Sphere? Inside The UK's First 'Flat Earth' Conference

We met the conspiracy theorists colonising the crazier corners of the Internet, seducing and converting the credulous.

Illustrator: R Fresson

Observer Magazine • 13th December 2020

Tome raiders: solving the great book heist

When £2.5m of rare books were stolen in an audacious heist at Feltham in 2017, police wondered, what’s the story?

Esquire • 25th April 2020

Fighting The Infodemic: How Fake News Is Making Coronavirus Even More Dangerous

From 5G towers to miracle cures, it's infected everyone from your friends to President Trump. But there are people fighting fake news on the frontline

Observer Magazine • 14th April 2019

On the trail of Britain’s wild big cats

Hundreds of big cat sightings have been reported in Britain in the last three years. But is it pumas and panthers running wild – or our imagination?

WIRED UK • 14th April 2021

What happens when you have a heart attack on the way to Mars?

Millions of kilometres from Earth, even a minor health scare could be fatal.

The Guardian • 23rd May 2020

Rain on rooftops: the strange appeal of 'slow audio'

First there was slow TV – now radio and podcasts are getting in on the act with ambient recordings of forest walks and bird calls

Observer Magazine • 29th December 2019

Having a laugh: is this the end for clowning?

The massive popularity of films like Joker and It have been a real downer for happy, family clowns. Mark Wilding hears how the entertainers are fighting back

Men's Health • 1st November 2019

The SARMs Race

Touted as a cutting-edge training aid and the fastest route to increased mass, a new breed of pills called Sarms is outmuscling steroids.

Vice • 30th July 2019

How Piers Morgan Became the Most Divisive Man in British Media

The 'Good Morning Britain' host has spent decades cultivating the persona that makes him a one-man clickbait machine.

Medium • 15th July 2019

The Risky Business of Psychedelic Therapy

There is no shortage of individuals and companies offering psychedelic therapies outside the medical system. But are the services they offer safe?

WIRED UK • 19th January 2019

Inside the fight to save esports from big-money match fixers

As esports grows more and more appealing to bookmakers, it risks attracting the wrong kind of attention. Can it clear up its act?

Observer Magazine • 28th October 2018

Meet the marathon cheats

As runners get ready for next Sunday’s New York Marathon, we look at what makes a person claim a medal when they haven’t gone the full distance.

Vice • 4th May 2017

The Story of Spice, the Street Drug That's Not Going Away

It had humble beginnings, but the formerly legal high is now a runaway threat wreaking havoc on Britain's streets and prisons.

Esquire • 7th March 2018

How Wetherspoon's Conquered Britain

From one pub in North London to 900 across the UK, the inexorable rise of 'Spoons' is one of the most remarkable business stories of our times.

Vice • 21st March 2018

This Is Your Body On Xanax

What's going on in your body and brain 24 hours after taking the drug? What about two weeks?