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Will Nicoll

Cherepovets, United Kingdom, United States
Covers:  Luxury, Travel, Sport, HNWIs, Human Interest Reportage & the intersection between wealth, power and politics.
@Forbes Contributor, previously @WSJ @GQMagazine @Spectator @Newsweek @FT @BBC @VICE etc. Shiva Naipaul Prize short-listed (twice). Contact: will@willnicoll.com

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Will Nicoll

FT How to Spend It — How To Spend It is a website of worldly pleasures from the Financial Times

Patek Philippe Magazine

Patek Philippe Magazine

https://bookmarkcontent.com/our-work/patek-philippe/ — Custom publishing projects for luxury brands, Patek Philippe, Hermes, Cartier, Singapore Airlines.

On the Road With the Ghosts of the Gulag

On the Road With the Ghosts of the Gulag

The Wall Street Journal — Kolyma is a desolate swathe of northeastern Siberia, one-third of the size of Europe, where some of the Soviet gulag's worst atrocities took place. Spurred by the need for resources to finance his five-year plan, Joseph Stalin began to transport prisoners there in the early 1930s to extract gold, timber and coal.

The Low-Down on Legal Highs

The Low-Down on Legal Highs

The Wall Street Journal — The results of the largest study of drug use worldwide, which surveyed 80,000 respondents in the last year, offers conflicting messages to public officials and legislators.

The Other Race for Ukraine

The Other Race for Ukraine

The Wall Street Journal — Kiev's annual metropolitan cycling race, traditionally held during the final weekend in May, was a highlight of the Soviet Era calendar. Thousands lined the wide, neo-classical esplanade that stretches southwest along Khreshchatyk Street to watch riders cascade through the Ukrainian capital in a torrent of color, toward the finish line in Bessarabska Square.

The Kennedys on the Meaning of Life

The Kennedys on the Meaning of Life

Esquire — If a mosquito bit Jack Kennedy, the mosquito would die. -Robert F. Kennedy I never would have run for office if Joe had lived. -John F. Kennedy, 1960 I'll take all his enemies if I can have all his friends, too.

Surviving 'Europe's Last Dictator' in Belarus

Surviving 'Europe's Last Dictator' in Belarus

The Moscow Times — Opinion | The cease-fire agreed at talks brokered by Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko between Moscow and Kiev may not have held, but the president has enjoyed something of an image makeover since his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts met in Minsk for a scheduled gathering of the Russian-led Customs Union in August.

Putin and Lukashenko Are Using Each Other

Putin and Lukashenko Are Using Each Other

The Moscow Times — On Oct. 26, Ukraine's elections showed overwhelming support for integration with Europe. One notable aspect of these elections was the parliamentary demise of the Communist Party - which failed to win a single seat in the Kiev assembly. For Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko, this moment must have felt deeply resonant.

Why pharmaceutical companies consider women "more insane" than men?

Why pharmaceutical companies consider women "more insane" than men?

The Telegraph — As Valium (still known as Mother's Little Helper) celebrates its 50th birthday, Prozac turns 25, and the ‘Psychiatrist’s Bible’ is republished for the first time in 13 years, pharmaceutical companies are pinning the hopes for their brightest drugs on their female patients, reports Will Nicoll.

Why prisoners are getting high on prescription drugs

Why prisoners are getting high on prescription drugs

BBC — We asked journalist Will Nicoll about the widespread use of prescription drugs in prisons and why he thinks we need to act. While there's been a much publicised presence of legal highs in British prisons, it's prescription meds that more and more inmates are using to pass their sentence and cope with the endless hours locked in their cells.

Belarus Elections: Has Reckless Football Just Felled Lukashenko, "Europe's Last Dictator"?

Belarus Elections: Has Reckless Football Just Felled Lukashenko, "Europe's Last Dictator"?

Forbes — Since the World Health Organisation's declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic on March 11th, almost all sport in the Western hemisphere ground to a standstill. A select few refused to bow to pressure from democracy, just in the same manner that their leagues scoffed at the absurdity of science.

Will Nicoll - IMDb

Will Nicoll - IMDb

www.imdb.com — Will Nicoll, Producer: Drugs Map of Britain