In 20 years, this Essex club has tumbled down the leagues and seen its ground fall apart. Is a revival finally coming – or will hopes be dashed again? The Bentley was not on the driveway. By ...
We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2020: It was once a widely accepted way...
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2024/may/01/from-the-archive-the-battle-over-dyslexia-podcast
Stuart Potts is an unlikely do-gooder – a former crack addict who has hit rock bottom more than once. But since 2020 he has offered hundreds of homeless people a bed in his small flat – and f...
New research into the dying brain suggests the line between life and death may be less distinct than previously thought. By Alex Blasdel Continue reading...
Organising is a kind of alchemy: it turns alienation into connection, despair into dedication, and oppression into strength. By Astra Taylor and Leah Hunt-Hendrix Continue reading...
Britain’s first black female MP faced hostility from the media and political establishment from the start. Nearly 40 years on, she is still not giving up Six weeks ago, the Conservatives’ b...
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/25/diane-abbott-i-will-stay-an-mp-for-as-long-as-i-can
We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2020: For seven decades, India has been...
In the past 10 years the idea that trees communicate with and look after each other has gained widespread currency. But have these claims outstripped the evidence? There are a lot of humans. Te...
How Israeli, Palestinian and US political actors understand Hamas is not merely a theoretical question – it will determine what kind of agreement can be reached to end the current war, and what...
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2024/apr/22/what-is-the-real-hamas-podcast
As the author of a book about a pivotal uprising in 18th-century Jamaica, Vincent Brown was enlisted in a campaign to make its leader a national hero. But when he arrived in Jamaica, he started t...
When I heard that a boy from my primary school had been convicted of trafficking, I had to find out what had happened to make him fall so far When armed police burst through his front door in T...
We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2021: Flordelis grew up in a Rio favela...
It is taking fast fashion to ever faster and ever cheaper extremes, and making billions from it. Why is the whole world shopping at Shein? For another five hours and 47 minutes, I can buy a Roy...
https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2024/apr/16/super-cute-please-like-the-unstoppable-rise-of-shein
Four years on from the start of the pandemic, the drama may have subsided but the lingering effects go on. Are we suffering from political long Covid? By David Runciman Continue reading...
Linguistic diversity on Earth is far more profound and fundamental than previously imagined. But it’s also crumbling fast. By Ross Perlin Continue reading...
While much has changed since 7 October, the horrific events of the past six months are not unique, and do not stand outside history For people everywhere, myself included, the awful images that...
We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2020: A drone sighting caused the airpo...
Going public after I was attacked was hard, but it helped me overcome the shame that so many victims feel A few weeks ago, I had a difficult conversation with my teenage daughter. It came out o...
The prevalence of sickle cell disease is changing how Nigerians date, marry and plan their lives. And as genetic testing becomes more common, prospective parents across the world will face simila...
The ocean’s depths are not some remote alien realm, but are in fact intimately entangled with every other part of the planet. We should treat them that way. By James Bradley Continue reading......