'A peculiarly English epic': the weird genius of The Archers
Strangely eventless, yet swelling with high drama, The Archers is the longest-running series in...
From the archive: Why time management is ruining our lives
We are raiding the Audio Long Reads archives and bringing you some classic pieces from years...
'Is anybody in there?' Life on the inside as a locked-in patient
Jake Haendel spent months trapped in his body, silent and unmoving but fully conscious. Most...
From the archives: How statistics lost their power – and why we should fear what comes next
We are raiding the Audio Long Reads archives and bringing you some classic pieces from years...
The ‘false positives’ scandal that felled Colombia’s military hero
When the Colombian army defeated the Farc guerrillas, ending decades of conflict, General Mario...
Life during wartime: how west Belfast became the frontline of the Troubles
Acts of state violence, and repeated official denials, drove some Northern Irish Catholics to...
From the archive: The inside story of Facebook’s biggest setback
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'Try again next time': my three visa rejections
After being offered a prestigious international literary residency, Nkiacha Atemnkeng was excited...
The contested legacy of the anti-fascist International Brigades
In the 1930s, thousands of men and women around the world enlisted to fight fascism in Spain....
From the archive: Political correctness and how the right invented a phantom enemy
We are raiding the Audio Long Reads archives and bringing you some classic pieces from years...
'I have been quiet for 50 years': standing up against sexual abuse at Celtic Boys Club
Many of the perpetrators have been jailed for their crimes. Now a number of survivors and their...
The country’s rulers do not just suppress history, they recreate it to serve the present. They...
From the archives: An American drugs bust in west Africa
We are raiding the Audio Long Reads archives and bringing you some classic pieces from years...
Behind China’s ‘pork miracle’: how technology is transforming rural hog farming
As Chinese demand for pork grows and grows, traditional small-scale farms are being replaced by...
How Syria's disinformation wars destroyed the co-founder of the White Helmets
In November 2019, James Le Mesurier, the British co-founder of the Syrian rescue group, fell to...
From the archive: The hygge conspiracy
We are raiding the Audio Long Reads archives and bringing you some classic pieces from years...
Facts v feelings: how to stop our emotions misleading us
The pandemic has shown how a lack of solid statistics can be dangerous. But even with the firmest...
How maverick rewilders are trying to turn back the tide of extinction
A handful of radical nature lovers are secretly breeding endangered species and releasing them...
From the archives: The fall of Jersey: how a tax haven goes bust
We are raiding the Audio Long Reads archives and bringing you some classic pieces from years...
The end of Atlanticism: has Trump killed the ideology that won the cold war?
The foreign policy establishment has been lamenting its death for half a century. But Atlanticism...
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