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From Today in Focus: the life and death of Queen Elizabeth II

The Queen has died aged 96 at her Scottish home of Balmoral. In this episode of our Today in...

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From the archive: The shocking rape trial that galvanised Spain’s feminists – and the far right

We are raiding the Audio Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past,...

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How Bolivia’s ruthless tin baron saved thousands of Jewish refugees

He has been described as ‘the worst kind of businessman’, but we now know that industrialist...

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The King of Kowloon: my search for the cult graffiti prophet of Hong Kong

For years Tsang Tsou-choi daubed his eccentric demands around Hong Kong, and the authorities...

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The century of climate migration: why we need to plan for the great upheaval

People driven from their homes by climate disaster need protection. And ageing nations need them....

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Best of 2022 … so far: How south London became a talent factory for Black British footballers

Every Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2022, in case...

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‘The deepest silences’: what lies behind the Arctic’s Indigenous suicide crisis

For years I lived with the Inuit community in Canada’s far north. But it was only later, when the...

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Best of 2022 … so far: A day in the life of (almost) every vending machine in the world

Every Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2022, in case...

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Sewage sleuths: the men who revealed the slow, dirty death of Welsh and English rivers

A tide of effluent, broken laws and ruthless cuts is devastating the nations’ waterways. An...

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Best of 2022 … so far: ‘In our teens, we dreamed of making peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Then my.

Every Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2022, in case...

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

Every year, thousands of bikes are tossed into rivers, ponds, lakes and canals. What’s behind...

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Best of 2022 … so far: Burying Leni Riefenstahl: one woman’s lifelong crusade against Hitler’s favouri

Every Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2022, in case...

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‘It’s a little bit of utopia’: the dream of replacing container ships with sailing boats

Global trade depends almost entirely on huge, dirty, dangerous container ships. Now a team of...

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Made to measure: why we can’t stop quantifying our lives

From ancient Egyptian cubits to fitness tracker apps, humankind has long been seeking ever more...

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From the archive: How the world got hooked on palm oil

We are raiding the Audio Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past,...

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Promised land: how South Africa’s black farmers were set up to fail

When black people were given back their land after apartheid, many felt driven to prove they...

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‘Thank the lord, I have been relieved’: the truth about the history of abortion in America

Abortion in the 19th-century US was widely accepted as a means of avoiding the risks of...

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From the archive: Concrete: the most destructive material on Earth

We are raiding the Audio Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past,...

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‘If you decide to cut staff, people die’: how Nottingham prison descended into chaos

As violence, drug use and suicide at HMP Nottingham reached shocking new levels, the prison...

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‘You can’t be the player’s friend’: inside the secret world of tennis umpires

New technology was supposed to make umpiring easy. It hasn’t worked out that way. Help support...

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