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Back to Search10 years of the long read: Farewell to America (2015)
As the Long Read turns 10 we are raiding the archives to bring you a favourite piece from each year since 2014, with new introductions from the autho…
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The cocaine kingpin’s wildest legacy: what can be done with Pablo Escobar’s marauding hippos?
The Colombian drug lord’s exotic menagerie fell apart after his death, and now wild hippos are breeding out of control. By Joshua Hammer. Help suppor…
1 year, 5 months ago
‘Like a cheese grater raking across my nipple’: why I kept trying to breastfeed for so long
My commitment to breastfeeding exclusively was related to shame. If I couldn’t do it, I felt I would be letting the baby down. By Niamh Campbell. Hel…
1 year, 5 months ago
10 years of the long read: Is this the end of Britishness? (2014)
As the Long Read turns 10 we are raiding the archives to bring you a favourite piece from each year since 2014, with new introductions from the autho…
1 year, 5 months ago
Special Edition: 10 years of the Guardian Long Read
To celebrate 10 years of The Long Read we gathered together the team who launched it to take you behind the scenes. Helen Pidd is joined by editor Da…
1 year, 5 months ago
Strange and wondrous creatures: plankton and the origins of life on Earth
Without plankton, the modern ocean ecosystem – the very idea of the ocean as we understand it – would collapse. Earth would have no complex life of a…
1 year, 5 months ago
No god in the machine: the pitfalls of AI worship
The rise of artificial intelligence has sparked a panic about computers gaining power over humankind. But the real threat comes from falling for the …
1 year, 5 months ago
From the archive: The unravelling of a conspiracy: were the 16 charged with plotting to kill India’s prime minister framed?
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, …
1 year, 5 months ago
On board the Creed cruise: the unfathomable return of the ‘worst band of the 90s’
I took a cruise with thousands of fellow lunatics to find out how this much-mocked rock band became so beloved. By Luke Winkie. Help support our inde…
1 year, 5 months ago
A Chinese-born writer’s quest to understand the Vikings, Normans and life on the English coast
Perhaps a foreigner knows more about their adopted land than the locals, because a foreigner feels more acutely the particularities of a new environm…
1 year, 5 months ago