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The Michelin Star Is Dead (Long Live The Michelin Star)

The Gentleman's Journal

Friends Reunited: Noel Clarke And Ashley Walters On Why Male Friendships Are As Important As Any

ShortList Magazine (cover story)

Porn Does Politics: How The UK Government Got Into Bed With Earth’s Most Powerful Pornographer

Vice

Exclusive: ‘Thousands could die’… female British fighter urges support for Syria’s Kurds

The Guardian

Exclusive: Anna Campbell’s father… ‘I had no right to stop her fighting in Syria’

Guardian G2

Power And Pain: The Loneliness Of Being Superhumanly Strong

ShortList Magazine (cover story)

Exclusive: First British woman joins fight against Isis in Syria

The Guardian

Lads’ Army: Who Are The Young Men Fighting Isis in Syria?

The Sunday Telegraph

The Art of Journeyman Boxing: Inside the Mind of a Professional Loser

ShortList Magazine

The Army Wouldn’t Take Him… So He Made His Own Way to Syria

The Guardian Weekend

Up The A1: How The Great North Road Became Britain’s Sexiest Motorway

Vice

Jonny Wilkinson: “I Woke Up After Winning the World Cup And Could Not Have Felt More Empty”

ShortList Magazine

Call To Arms: Why This British Man Left Behind His Family To Fight Isil In Iraq

The Telegraph Magazine

Battle Royal: Is This The World’s Most Violent Football Match?

Men's Health

How Jellyfish, Nanobots and Naked Mole Rats Could Make Humans Immortal

VICE

Inside the Tiny Welsh Town Where Men Can Run As Fast As Horses

Men's Health

The Best Ways to Keep in Shape, from Earth’s Fittest OAP

Vice

Kosta Scurfield: Death Of A British Soldier… Fighting ISIS in Syria

FHM

Fighting Daesh: Meet The British Vigilantes Taking On ISIS In Iraq

FHM

Derren Brown: Is Everything Under This Man’s Control?

FHM

About Matt

Matt Blake

Matt Blake is a London-based freelance journalist specialising in long-form feature writing and interviews whose work has appeared extensively in a variety of national newspapers and magazines. His previous staff roles have included General Reporter at the Daily Mirror, Crime Correspondent at The Independent and i and Chief Writer/Features Editor at FHM magazine.