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How Pakistan fell in love with sushi

Once upon a time, Pakistanis scorned raw fish. Now sushi is everywhere from Ramadan meals to wedding buffets – and it all started with one man and a …

6 months, 3 weeks ago

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Best of 2025 … so far: ‘The ghosts are everywhere’: can the British Museum survive its omni-crisis?

Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2025, in case you missed them, with an introduction fr…

7 months ago

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Best of 2025 … so far: the great abandonment: what happens to the natural world when people disappear?

Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2025, in case you missed them, with an introduction fr…

7 months ago

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The Shining: my trip to the G7 horror show with Emmanuel Macron

Deeply unpopular in France, President Macron relishes the international stage, where he projects himself as the leader best placed to handle Trump. S…

7 months ago

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Are we witnessing the death of international law?

A growing number of scholars and lawyers are losing faith in the current system. Others say the law is not to blame, but the states that are supposed…

7 months, 1 week ago

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From the archive: Bicycle graveyards: why do so many bikes end up underwater?

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, …

7 months, 1 week ago

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Poison in the water: the town with the world’s worst case of forever chemicals contamination

When a small Swedish town discovered their drinking water contained extremely high levels of Pfas, they had no idea what it would mean for their heal…

7 months, 1 week ago

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‘A relentless, destructive energy’: inside the trial of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon

How did the daughter of an aristocrat end up at the Old Bailey with her partner, charged with killing their two-week-old baby? By Sophie Elmhirst. Re…

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From the archive: how two BBC journalists risked their jobs to reveal the truth about Jimmy Savile

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, …

7 months, 2 weeks ago

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The curse of Toumaï: an ancient skull, a disputed femur and a bitter feud over humanity’s origins

When fossilised remains were discovered in the Djurab desert in 2001, they were hailed as radically rewriting the history of our species. But not eve…

7 months, 2 weeks ago

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