‘It makes your heart sing’: can a pioneering project show that rewilding really works?
Intensive farming has all but destroyed England’s ancient woodlands and freshwater wetlands. On a farm in Lincolnshire a radical aristocrat...
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The Guardian's Audio Long Reads podcasts are a selection of the Guardian’s long read articles which are published in the paper and online. It gives you the opportunity to get on with your da...
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From the archive: ‘A dizzying maze’: how the UK immigration system is geared to reject
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. Th...
‘It is comforting to be haunted’: how attitudes to abortion have changed through the ages
The abortion debate – the language of life, choice and rights – severs women, and their pain, from history. I don’t want to forget my aborti...
What training my chaotic dog taught me about power, control – and human beings
Our lovable yet unruly boxer Dusty forced me to wonder: if a dog has no morals, how do you teach it to be ‘good’? By William Davies. Read by...
Pinker’s progress: the celebrity scientist at the centre of the culture wars
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. Th...
Saint Levant: the pop star from Gaza caught between passionate fandom and bitter disapproval
His detractors say he shouldn’t be making pop music in times of war and destruction. His millions of fans say he has given them permission t...
‘There’s this deep mystery of what, actually, is this thing?’: the philosopher inside Google DeepMind AI
Since 2017, Iason Gabriel has worked at the tech giant, trying to anticipate – and think through – the impact of AI. But as commercial and g...
From the archive: Battle of the botanic garden: the horticulture war roiling the Isle of Wight
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. Th...
‘Navigating the unknown together’: me and my idiot AI boyfriend
I believe that chatbots have no place in a decent society, and am repelled by the topic of AI in general. But could I be seduced? By Lauren...
‘He liked that people were scared of him’: my year unpicking fantasy and reality with a veteran of Italy’s football ultras
I’ve met many hardcore, violent fans, but the hostage-negotiating, cocaine-smuggling, Marxist-Leninist Alessandro Casolari still stood out B...
From the archive: Leave no trace: how a teenage hacker lost himself online
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. Th...
How did Mexico’s president become the world’s most popular leftwing leader?
Claudia Sheinbaum started as an activist. Now she is Mexico’s president. Has she stayed true to her ideals? By Rachel Nolan. Read by Gemma A...
I launched Cuba’s first independent magazine. And that’s when my troubles began
My friends and I wanted to tell the story of Cuban life, without interference. Before long, I was being isolated, monitored and interrogated...
From the archive: Flour power: meet the bread heads baking a better loaf
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. Th...
‘They take you out of life, out of time’: a journey into Spain’s astonishing cave paintings
For tens of thousands of years, these Palaeolithic artworks were unseen. When they were rediscovered, onlookers marvelled at their vivid bea...
Ping-pong sponges, ‘black smokers’ and floating somethings: the secrets of the deep sea
The bottom of the ocean has barely been explored, but every journey to the deep reveals wondrous new lifeforms. As underwater mining gains m...
From the archive: No coach, no agent, no ego: the incredible story of the ‘Lionel Messi of cliff diving’
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. Th...
‘Seriously the best boss ever’: inside the world of Jeffrey Epstein’s assistant
No one’s name appears in the Epstein files more than that of Lesley Groff, his assistant. Reading through the thousands of emails, a troubli...
‘The devil’s child’: the rise and fall of the only female yakuza
Mako Nishimura fought her way into the Japanese underworld, but drug addiction and the slow demise of organised crime gangs almost destroyed...
From the archive: Terrorists, cultists – or champions of Iranian democracy? The wild wild story of the MEK
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. Th...