The audio long read

‘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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From the archive: the murder that has obsessed Italy

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

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Seven stowaways and a hijacked oil tanker: the strange case of the Nave Andromeda

In October 2020 an emergency call was received from a ship in British waters. After a full-scale...

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‘A massive betrayal’: how London’s Olympic legacy was sold out

After so many other Olympic sites ended up left to rot, London 2012 was supposed to be different....

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From the archive: The mystery of India’s deadly exam scam

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

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Do we need a new theory of evolution?

A new wave of scientists argues that mainstream evolutionary theory needs an urgent overhaul....

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‘There are no words for the horror’: the story of my madness

Emmanuel Carrère was no stranger to depression, but it was late in life that a major episode got...

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From the archive: Welcome to the age of Trump

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

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‘Wallets and eyeballs’: How eBay turned the internet into a marketplace

The story of the modern web is often told through the stories of Google, Facebook, Amazon. But...

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‘A merry-go-round of buck-passing’: inside the four-year Grenfell inquiry

As survivors and the bereaved mark the disaster’s fifth anniversary, the inquiry hearings are...

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From the archive: Bowel movement: the push to change the way you poo

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

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‘We were all wrong’: how Germany got hooked on Russian energy

Germany has been forced to admit it was a terrible mistake to become so dependent on Russian oil...

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Slow water: can we tame urban floods by going with the flow?

As we face increased flooding, China’s sponge cities are taking a new course. But can they steer...

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From the archive: the murder that shook Iceland

From 2018: In a country with one of the lowest murder rates in the world, the killing of a...

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The man who built his own cathedral

For nearly 60 years, a former monk toiled almost single-handedly on an extraordinary building...

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Nazi or KGB agent? My search for my grandfather’s hidden past

When my Latvian grandfather disappeared in 1949, my grandmother already knew he had been a member...

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From the archive: ‘A tale of decay’: the Houses of Parliament are falling down

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

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An ocean of noise: how sonic pollution is hurting marine life – podcast

Today’s oceans are a tumult of engine roar, artificial sonar and seismic blasts that make it...

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Who owns Einstein? The battle for the world’s most famous face

Thanks to a savvy California lawyer, Albert Einstein has earned far more posthumously than he...

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