VICE Long Reads
What It's Like to Be Hit By a Car and Forget Who You Are
When John Doran was hit by a car recently, his crash helmet shattered, he was knocked spark out and he ended up with a concussion so severe that he temporarily forgot who he was.
Was Girl Power Just a Lie?
The Spice Girls co-opted Girl Power from its radical roots and told us we could have it all. Was it true? Or a way for them to sap our pocket money with branded merchandise? Twenty years later, we spoke to those at the centre of it all to find out.
I Spent a Day Trying to Get to Know a Real-Life Narcissist
Over the past decade, we've taken to describing people we don't like as "narcissists", when really they're probably just dickheads. But what would a real, diagnosed narcissist be like?
Why Are So Many People So Obsessed with Supreme?
What inspires someone to spend £2,000 on a secondhand jacket? Why do people build Supreme shrines in their bedrooms? What does Supreme have that other brands don't?
How Jellyfish, Nanobots and Naked Mole Rats Could Make Humans Immortal
We spoke to the world's leading experts in the field of human life extension to get an update on how close we are to living forever.
Tracing Heroin's Destructive Path from Afghan Poppy Fields to British Needles
We traveled along the heroin trafficking route from Afghanistan into Iran, Turkey, and Eastern Europe, meeting growers, addicts, and experts along the way.
I Spent 18 Hours in One of New York City’s Busiest Emergency Rooms
In many ways, Brookdale University Hospital's emergency room—one of the busiest in New York City—acts as a bizarro microcosm of the inequitable American healthcare system.
An Oral History of 'Trainspotting' 20 Years Later
Ewan McGregor, Kelly MacDonald and Irvine Welsh talk about the book, the filming of the movie, the backlash and the sequel.
What It's Like to Be Trafficked into the UK and Forced Into Modern Slavery
"K", a Hungarian man in his mid-thirties, was taken to the UK and forced into slavery, before escaping and going undercover to help others do the same.