Epstein And Christmas

'Seriously The Best Boss Ever'

Sophie Elmhirst | Guardian | 28th May 2026

Lesley Groff was Jeffrey Epstein's assistant for 18 years, from 2001 until his arrest in July 2019. Her name appears in the Epstein files over 160,000 times. No charges have ever been brought against her. She was good at her job, dealing with everything from her boss's health concerns to the lost property of the girls who came to see him. Yet she maintains she knew nothing of his crimes. Is that possible? (6,800 words)

Josh At Christmas

Geoffrey Mak | 28th May 2026

Reflective memoir about the first time the writer and his brother introduced their boyfriends to each other. The action of the piece is gently comic — a proposed visit to Disneyland, an afternoon shopping at a snooty New York boutique, a night of karaoke — with additional context subtly layered in. Fear of judgment from their family of conservative Chinese Christians hangs over the narrative like a cloud (5,200 words)