Kieran Morris

1,400 tonnes of WW2 explosives a mile offshore. Three prisons inland. One of England’s only naturist beaches at the end of the road. The Daily Mail calls the Isle of Sheppey “Hellhole Island”. Kieran Morris and Jimmy McIntosh took the train out for our feature on Britain’s strangest seaside town. Words & Photography @kf.morris11 Read it now. Link in bio.

Out of my mind delighted to be joining the stable of restaurant reviewers for @theobserveruk , and their beautifully relaunched magazine. First up: I took @seamasoreilly1 on my favourite bus (the 89) over my favourite hill (Shooter's Hill) for six courses of lamb at the UK's first Kazakh restaurant, Turkistan in Welling. So cool to be in this column - thank you @honeilly , @seamasoreilly1 and of course, @turkistanuk .

1 year ago!

I haven't posted properly in years so forgive me if I do this wrong. My latest - and fifth (!) - @guardian long read is out today, and in print in Saturday's magazine. I've worked on this draft solidly for the last 6 months, and the overarching book project for almost 3 years - it's been an extraordinary privilege to shadow @kazutoshi.endo over that time, all across Japan, gleaning everything I can from his three generations of expertise. This resulting travelogue is the opening salvo of what we hope will be the definitive book on omakase - more on that soon. Enjoy! You can read it here: /news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/02/endo-kazutoshi-sushi-japan-greatest-chef

On Wednesday, @kf.morris11 and I are launching a brand new newsletter, called FREELOADER. It’s sort of exactly how it sounds. Spiritually, this started when, after traipsing to the cash point at a certain ornery Ulsterman’s slop house, Kieran and I decided that enough was enough of this fucking rubbish and we were going to go to The Ritz. So we donned our ill fitting suits and went, and kept laughing about how stupid it was that we were doing it. That’s the vibe we want to bring to this. There is a lot of superciliousness in food writing. It is very rarely what you might describe as ‘fun’, maybe only when a broadsheet journo is given their annual bollocking allocation to some mid tier Michelin darling. FREELOADER is always fun, never serious - it’s getting pissed and eating until your eyes hurt. You won’t find any weepy profiles or dispatches here. So please sign up at the link in my bio, and enjoy the snippets in the digital carousel for a taste of what’s to come. Ok cheers bye!