Labour’s last chance? The people shaping Andy Burnham’s grand plans for Britain
The new prime minister has declared he wants to end 40 years of neoliberalism. But is he really prepared to be that radical? By Hettie O’Bri...
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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 – No place like home: my bitter return to Palestine
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors Thi...
‘This is dangerous’: slime moulds and the bitter debate over the nature of intelligence
Scientists are battling over whether supposedly simple organisms should be considered ‘intelligent’. The outcome could reshape our understan...
Introducing Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty
Who is really in charge – the people or the markets? In the first episode of Radical Thinking, a new series from the Guardian, senior econom...
The end times fascists are plotting their escape from our world. Our mission is clear
An unholy alliance is working toward an apocalyptic future from which only a chosen few will emerge unscathed. It’s becoming clear how we st...
From the archive: How Facebook and Instagram became marketplaces for child sex trafficking
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. Th...
The flat-pack skyscraper: how wood can shape the cities of the future
Our buildings are monuments to extraction and extreme emissions. But what if we turned from destructive concrete to timber? By James Crawfor...
The other Post Office scandal: how organised crime launders money on the high street
Hundreds of millions of pounds of dirty money are being deposited at post offices every year. So why are the police reluctant to investigate...
From the archive: ‘I know where the bodies are buried’: one woman’s mission to change how the police investigate rape
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. Th...
A bungled bomb plot in Poland exposed a spy – but whose spy was he?
When exiled Russian opposition campaigner Igor Rogov was accused of working for the Kremlin, his friends were shocked. Could this young acti...
‘If you build something vastly smarter than you, it better be on your side’: can we stop AI from deceiving us?
We are used to the idea that our fellow humans might intentionally mislead or manipulate us, but the idea that machines can now do the same...
From the archive: The rubbishscapes of Essex: why our buried trash is back to haunt us
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. Th...
Democracy v the machine: the birth of the digital age and the warnings that were ignored
Many hoped that the march of technology would usher in an egalitarian utopia – but some foresaw the threat it would pose to liberal society....
The long shadow of Argentina’s dictatorship: she wasn’t who she thought she was. Neither was her father
A young activist thought her father’s disapproval of her leftwing views was purely political. Then one evening, a kiss goodbye sent her on a...
From the archive: Sudan’s outsider: how a paramilitary leader fell out with the army and plunged the country into war
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. Th...
The great silence: why haven’t we found any aliens yet?
Given the size and age of the universe, it should be full of species with technology far more advanced than our own. So where are they? By A...
Introducing Black Box: The Chatbots
Across the world, hundreds of people have come to believe they have made extraordinary scientific discoveries with AI chatbots such as ChatG...
The body snatchers: how a young Nigerian man was lured to London in an organ-trafficking plot
Daniel was working at a market in Lagos when he was given the chance to start anew in the UK. He had no idea what was expected of him in ret...
From the archive: ‘Drought is on the verge of becoming the next pandemic’
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. Th...
‘I can sense Sinatra enter my body and exit my lungs’: aboard the celebrity impersonators’ cruise
I joined Marilyn Monroe, Walter White, Ozzy Osbourne and other tribute artists on a cruise where imitation is its own art form By Mina Tavak...