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How did a 21-year-old student mastermind a phishing empire that stole £100m from victims in 24 countries?
Drawing on court records, private Telegram channels and interviews with those who knew him, Fin Carter reveals how Ollie Holman almost got away with it:
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Drawing on court records, private Telegram channels and interviews with those who knew him, Fin Carter reveals how Ollie Holman almost got away with it:
dispatch-media.com/the-student-...
January 22, 2026 at 8:56 AM
How did a 21-year-old student mastermind a phishing empire that stole £100m from victims in 24 countries?
Drawing on court records, private Telegram channels and interviews with those who knew him, Fin Carter reveals how Ollie Holman almost got away with it:
dispatch-media.com/the-student-...
Drawing on court records, private Telegram channels and interviews with those who knew him, Fin Carter reveals how Ollie Holman almost got away with it:
dispatch-media.com/the-student-...
Trailer parks aren’t just an American phenomenon — thousands of people live on them in Britain.
New data obtained by Dispatch shows that in just one English county, fires break out almost every fortnight.
@jacobfuredi.bsky.social tells the story of one of them:
dispatch-media.com/the-burning-...
New data obtained by Dispatch shows that in just one English county, fires break out almost every fortnight.
@jacobfuredi.bsky.social tells the story of one of them:
dispatch-media.com/the-burning-...
January 20, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Trailer parks aren’t just an American phenomenon — thousands of people live on them in Britain.
New data obtained by Dispatch shows that in just one English county, fires break out almost every fortnight.
@jacobfuredi.bsky.social tells the story of one of them:
dispatch-media.com/the-burning-...
New data obtained by Dispatch shows that in just one English county, fires break out almost every fortnight.
@jacobfuredi.bsky.social tells the story of one of them:
dispatch-media.com/the-burning-...
Constable Country is one of England’s most cherished landscapes — immortalised in the paintings of John Constable.
But what if those paintings were forgeries?
@oldweirdalbion.bsky.social:
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But what if those paintings were forgeries?
@oldweirdalbion.bsky.social:
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January 15, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Constable Country is one of England’s most cherished landscapes — immortalised in the paintings of John Constable.
But what if those paintings were forgeries?
@oldweirdalbion.bsky.social:
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But what if those paintings were forgeries?
@oldweirdalbion.bsky.social:
dispatch-media.com/the-great-en...
40 years ago this week, in a quiet cul-de-sac in Tottenham, an Islamist group called al-Muhajiroun was born.
Its aim was to create an English caliphate.
Tam Hussein reports on its legacy:
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Its aim was to create an English caliphate.
Tam Hussein reports on its legacy:
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January 13, 2026 at 9:31 AM
40 years ago this week, in a quiet cul-de-sac in Tottenham, an Islamist group called al-Muhajiroun was born.
Its aim was to create an English caliphate.
Tam Hussein reports on its legacy:
dispatch-media.com/englands-hom...
Its aim was to create an English caliphate.
Tam Hussein reports on its legacy:
dispatch-media.com/englands-hom...
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This is a brilliant dispatch from Nottingham, the table top gaming capital of the world, and its "lead belt"
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The Warhammer capital of the world
Nottingham has a new export • From coal mines to Games Workshop • Even the Freemasons have noticed
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January 8, 2026 at 11:11 AM
This is a brilliant dispatch from Nottingham, the table top gaming capital of the world, and its "lead belt"
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Once upon a time, Nottingham powered England with coal.
Today, its biggest export are goblin figurines.
@petercarlyon.bsky.social reports from the Warhammer capital of the world:
Today, its biggest export are goblin figurines.
@petercarlyon.bsky.social reports from the Warhammer capital of the world:
January 8, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Once upon a time, Nottingham powered England with coal.
Today, its biggest export are goblin figurines.
@petercarlyon.bsky.social reports from the Warhammer capital of the world:
Today, its biggest export are goblin figurines.
@petercarlyon.bsky.social reports from the Warhammer capital of the world:
A year ago this week, two wildfires tore through Los Angeles.
One ravaged a wealthy enclave in the Palisades. Another destroyed the poorer neighbourhood of Altadena.
This is the story of the second fire, by Jack Burke.
One ravaged a wealthy enclave in the Palisades. Another destroyed the poorer neighbourhood of Altadena.
This is the story of the second fire, by Jack Burke.
January 6, 2026 at 9:31 AM
A year ago this week, two wildfires tore through Los Angeles.
One ravaged a wealthy enclave in the Palisades. Another destroyed the poorer neighbourhood of Altadena.
This is the story of the second fire, by Jack Burke.
One ravaged a wealthy enclave in the Palisades. Another destroyed the poorer neighbourhood of Altadena.
This is the story of the second fire, by Jack Burke.
Meet Father Seraphim, the Romanian monk leading an Orthodox revival on a remote Scottish island — with a little help from YouTube.
Huw Paige
Huw Paige
December 23, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Meet Father Seraphim, the Romanian monk leading an Orthodox revival on a remote Scottish island — with a little help from YouTube.
Huw Paige
Huw Paige
From Tommy Robinson's 'Holy Spirit Hooligans' to a shadowy group called the King’s Army, a militant Christian revival is taking shape across Britain.
Fred Sculthorp meets England's new crusaders:
Fred Sculthorp meets England's new crusaders:
December 18, 2025 at 9:29 AM
From Tommy Robinson's 'Holy Spirit Hooligans' to a shadowy group called the King’s Army, a militant Christian revival is taking shape across Britain.
Fred Sculthorp meets England's new crusaders:
Fred Sculthorp meets England's new crusaders:
Locals across the country are waging a guerilla war against Roots, a VC-backed start-up offering private allotments.
Laura Beveridge reports:
Laura Beveridge reports:
December 16, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Locals across the country are waging a guerilla war against Roots, a VC-backed start-up offering private allotments.
Laura Beveridge reports:
Laura Beveridge reports:
Britain has an empty-homes crisis — and nowhere shows it more starkly than Horden, a former pit village.
Jonathan McAloon spent a month with the residents fighting to save it.
Last week, the council ruled it would be knocked down.
Jonathan McAloon spent a month with the residents fighting to save it.
Last week, the council ruled it would be knocked down.
December 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Britain has an empty-homes crisis — and nowhere shows it more starkly than Horden, a former pit village.
Jonathan McAloon spent a month with the residents fighting to save it.
Last week, the council ruled it would be knocked down.
Jonathan McAloon spent a month with the residents fighting to save it.
Last week, the council ruled it would be knocked down.
"Politics is my work, for sure."
A few weeks before Martin Parr died, he sat down with Dispatch to discuss his legacy.
Read the interview below:
A few weeks before Martin Parr died, he sat down with Dispatch to discuss his legacy.
Read the interview below:
December 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
"Politics is my work, for sure."
A few weeks before Martin Parr died, he sat down with Dispatch to discuss his legacy.
Read the interview below:
A few weeks before Martin Parr died, he sat down with Dispatch to discuss his legacy.
Read the interview below:
Is Bitcoin dead?
Not according to Britain's Bitcoin's ultras.
They still believe it can cure all of society's ills — from inflation and immigration to welfare and war.
Ed Campbell reports:
Not according to Britain's Bitcoin's ultras.
They still believe it can cure all of society's ills — from inflation and immigration to welfare and war.
Ed Campbell reports:
December 4, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Is Bitcoin dead?
Not according to Britain's Bitcoin's ultras.
They still believe it can cure all of society's ills — from inflation and immigration to welfare and war.
Ed Campbell reports:
Not according to Britain's Bitcoin's ultras.
They still believe it can cure all of society's ills — from inflation and immigration to welfare and war.
Ed Campbell reports:
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I spent two days in America’s most notorious open drug scene, hearing how the new tranq, medetomidine, has the most fast-acting and dangerous withdrawal symptoms of all drugs. And why its prevalence is the result of the drug war. For @dispatchmedia.bsky.social
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The real people of America's 'Zombieland'
Medetomidine has arrived in Kensington • The most powerful drug yet • 'You go straight to sleep'
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December 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I spent two days in America’s most notorious open drug scene, hearing how the new tranq, medetomidine, has the most fast-acting and dangerous withdrawal symptoms of all drugs. And why its prevalence is the result of the drug war. For @dispatchmedia.bsky.social
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“You do it, you wake up, you’re sick,” says Christine. “You don’t even know you’re passing out.”
@matthabusby.bsky.social reports from Kensington Avenue, Philadelphia, where a new drug called medetomidine is being mixed with fentanyl.
@matthabusby.bsky.social reports from Kensington Avenue, Philadelphia, where a new drug called medetomidine is being mixed with fentanyl.
December 2, 2025 at 9:27 AM
“You do it, you wake up, you’re sick,” says Christine. “You don’t even know you’re passing out.”
@matthabusby.bsky.social reports from Kensington Avenue, Philadelphia, where a new drug called medetomidine is being mixed with fentanyl.
@matthabusby.bsky.social reports from Kensington Avenue, Philadelphia, where a new drug called medetomidine is being mixed with fentanyl.
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For @dispatchmedia.bsky.social, i went up to Sheffield to chart the legacy of city's radical past dispatch-media.com/the-commune-...
November 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM
For @dispatchmedia.bsky.social, i went up to Sheffield to chart the legacy of city's radical past dispatch-media.com/the-commune-...
"My only regret in life,” says John The Map, “is saying no to a ménage à trois with two Norwegian lesbians in 1987.”
Forget Marianne and Connell — for today's piece, Jack Burke tracked down the true hero of County Sligo:
Forget Marianne and Connell — for today's piece, Jack Burke tracked down the true hero of County Sligo:
November 27, 2025 at 9:35 AM
"My only regret in life,” says John The Map, “is saying no to a ménage à trois with two Norwegian lesbians in 1987.”
Forget Marianne and Connell — for today's piece, Jack Burke tracked down the true hero of County Sligo:
Forget Marianne and Connell — for today's piece, Jack Burke tracked down the true hero of County Sligo:
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travelled down to an ultra-wealthy enclave in Dorset to ask people about the budget. But I just found this weird eerie feeling, which I attempted to describe for @dispatchmedia.bsky.social . Amazing photography from Harry Mitchell.
"Everyone here walks around with a glazed expression. You can imagine them ambling contentedly into the waves."
@milesellingham.bsky.social reports from Sandbanks, often dubbed "Britain's Palm Springs".
@milesellingham.bsky.social reports from Sandbanks, often dubbed "Britain's Palm Springs".
November 25, 2025 at 10:33 AM
travelled down to an ultra-wealthy enclave in Dorset to ask people about the budget. But I just found this weird eerie feeling, which I attempted to describe for @dispatchmedia.bsky.social . Amazing photography from Harry Mitchell.
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Incredible piece of reporting on Sandbanks, "England's most expensive neighbourhood", and its neighbour, the declining seaside town of Poole. England's two countries, richly drawn
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The empty soul of Britain's Palm Springs
Sandbanks is England's most expensive neighbourhood • But at what cost? • A paradise built on imported sand
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November 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Incredible piece of reporting on Sandbanks, "England's most expensive neighbourhood", and its neighbour, the declining seaside town of Poole. England's two countries, richly drawn
@dispatchmedia.bsky.social
dispatch-media.com/the-empty-so...
@dispatchmedia.bsky.social
dispatch-media.com/the-empty-so...
"Everyone here walks around with a glazed expression. You can imagine them ambling contentedly into the waves."
@milesellingham.bsky.social reports from Sandbanks, often dubbed "Britain's Palm Springs".
@milesellingham.bsky.social reports from Sandbanks, often dubbed "Britain's Palm Springs".
November 25, 2025 at 9:32 AM
"Everyone here walks around with a glazed expression. You can imagine them ambling contentedly into the waves."
@milesellingham.bsky.social reports from Sandbanks, often dubbed "Britain's Palm Springs".
@milesellingham.bsky.social reports from Sandbanks, often dubbed "Britain's Palm Springs".
"I had just been informed that the doctors wanted to drill a hole directly into my guts, effectively making my penis redundant. It was proving quite a lot to take in."
Paul Sagar on the dysfunction of the NHS's wheelchair services:
Paul Sagar on the dysfunction of the NHS's wheelchair services:
November 20, 2025 at 9:47 AM
"I had just been informed that the doctors wanted to drill a hole directly into my guts, effectively making my penis redundant. It was proving quite a lot to take in."
Paul Sagar on the dysfunction of the NHS's wheelchair services:
Paul Sagar on the dysfunction of the NHS's wheelchair services:
From the jungles of the Amazon to... County Westmeath.
A network of ayahuasca retreats has taken root across Ireland.
Fin Carter reports on the fall-out:
A network of ayahuasca retreats has taken root across Ireland.
Fin Carter reports on the fall-out:
November 18, 2025 at 9:37 AM
From the jungles of the Amazon to... County Westmeath.
A network of ayahuasca retreats has taken root across Ireland.
Fin Carter reports on the fall-out:
A network of ayahuasca retreats has taken root across Ireland.
Fin Carter reports on the fall-out:
Cajun hookers, cold beer and a gator-filled swamp.
What's life like in the town nicknamed 'the end of the world'?
@jacobfuredi.bsky.social reports from Venice, Louisiana:
What's life like in the town nicknamed 'the end of the world'?
@jacobfuredi.bsky.social reports from Venice, Louisiana:
November 13, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Cajun hookers, cold beer and a gator-filled swamp.
What's life like in the town nicknamed 'the end of the world'?
@jacobfuredi.bsky.social reports from Venice, Louisiana:
What's life like in the town nicknamed 'the end of the world'?
@jacobfuredi.bsky.social reports from Venice, Louisiana:
Forget No Nut November — meet the men practising semen retention all year round.
By Colette Fountain.
By Colette Fountain.
November 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Forget No Nut November — meet the men practising semen retention all year round.
By Colette Fountain.
By Colette Fountain.
"What if Jonathan Bryan wasn't communicating in his own words at all?"
A startling investigation by @garynunn.bsky.social into the so-called "miracle cure" known as Facilitated Communication:
A startling investigation by @garynunn.bsky.social into the so-called "miracle cure" known as Facilitated Communication:
November 6, 2025 at 9:41 AM
"What if Jonathan Bryan wasn't communicating in his own words at all?"
A startling investigation by @garynunn.bsky.social into the so-called "miracle cure" known as Facilitated Communication:
A startling investigation by @garynunn.bsky.social into the so-called "miracle cure" known as Facilitated Communication: