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Hippy, capitalist, guru, grocer: the forgotten genius who changed British food

Nicholas Saunders was a counterculture pioneer with an endless stream of quixotic schemes and a...

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‘I repeatedly failed to win any awards’: my doomed career as a North Korean novelist

Before I fled south, I spent years as an aspiring fiction writer in the hermit kingdom. I worked...

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From the archive: From Lagos to Winchester – how a divisive Nigerian pastor built a global following

We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past,...

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‘Weapons of mass migration’: how states exploit the failure of migration policies

Just like the war on drugs and the war on terror, efforts at stopping population movement by...

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Sanctuary: I grew up during The Troubles and have been seeking a place of peace ever since

The cost of growing up in a low-level police state. By Darran Anderson. Help support our...

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From the archive: The bells v the boutique hotel: the battle to save Britain’s oldest factory

We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past,...

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One Swedish zoo, seven escaped chimpanzees

When the great apes at Furuvik Zoo broke free from their enclosure last winter, the keepers faced...

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Days of the Jackal: how Andrew Wylie turned serious literature into big business

Andrew Wylie is agent to an extraordinary number of the planet’s biggest authors. His knack for...

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From the archive: ‘I just needed to find my family’: the scandal of Chile’s stolen children

We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past,...

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We have a tool to stop Israel’s war crimes: BDS

In 2005, Palestinians called on the world to boycott Israel until it complied with international...

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The ghosts haunting China’s cities

In the official telling, fears of malevolent spirits are a vestige of old, unenlightened village...

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From the archive: Inside the bizarre, bungled raid on North Korea’s Madrid embassy

We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past,...

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‘They treated me like an animal’: how Filipino domestic workers become trapped

Migrants from the Philippines make up a huge percentage of domestic workers around the world. But...

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America’s undying empire: why the decline of US power has been greatly exaggerated

For more than a decade, people have been saying that the era of US dominance is coming to an end....

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From the archive: How Nespresso’s coffee revolution got ground down

We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past,...

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Four bike rides, four years in the life of Black Britain: ‘On the road, we found ourselves again’

In a time of death and isolation, a new tradition was born. As the UK struggled with Covid and a...

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Too much stuff: can we solve our addiction to consumerism?

Alarmed by the rising tide of waste we are all creating, my family and I decided to try to make...

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From the archive – Dark crystals: the brutal reality behind a booming wellness craze

We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past,...

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Last love: a romance in a care home

Mary and Derek weren’t the first couple to get together at Easterlea Rest Home. But those other...

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Best of 2023: The widow and the murderer: a friendship born of tragedy

Every Monday and Friday for the rest of December we will publish some of our favourite audio long...

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