Note from the editor:

Delayed Gratification is the world’s first Slow Journalism magazine. This beautiful quarterly publication revisits the events of the last three months to offer in-depth, independent journalism in an increasingly frantic world.

Looking back on July to September 2020 when an explosion destroyed large swathes of Beirut, Turkey and Greece faced off in the Aegean and Belarus erupted into protests after a contested election.

Published on December 2020, issue #40 highlights:

• Beirut after the blast
• Gertrude the pig and the Internet of Thinks
• Life on the space station
• The greatest sportsperson of all time
• Belarus on the brink
• Raving during a pandemic
• Fear and loathing in the Aegean

Cover by Shepard Fairey.