Long reads
The audio long read
Previously
Letter from Brazil: the rainforest fights back
Jair Bolsonaro’s rule has been disastrous for the Amazon. But the remote communities who live there are gaining ground.
By
Generation Greta: the school strike that went global
The youth movement Fridays for Future has grown into an international force for change. Here, seven activists share their…
By
“We’re going to disrupt”: A year inside GB News
Faced with a new rival, can the channel survive? Staffers share the story of a tumultuous 12 months.
By
Do you want to live forever? Big Tech and the quest for eternal youth
Anti-ageing drugs are bankrolled by some of the wealthiest people on Earth, including Jeff Bezos and Peter Thiel. Are…
By
Watergate in the age of Donald Trump
Fifty years ago, the scandal that brought down Richard Nixon revealed flaws in American democracy that still haunt US…
By
Months after the fall of Kabul, thousands of Afghans are stuck in UK hotels
The Koofi family were airlifted to safety last August. This is their story – and that of thousands like…
By
The battle for Stonewall: the LGBT charity and the UK’s gender wars
It secured landmark legislation for gay people, before taking on the divisive issue of trans rights. Can Stonewall survive…
By
The reckoning: rape culture and the crisis in British schools
After Scarlett Mansfield collated 200 accounts of sexual harassment, inspectors put her former school on notice. Could it be…
By
The fidget business
Pop-its and other fidget toys are selling in their tens of millions. Why are they so popular, and what…
By