‘Do you have a family?’: midlife with no kids, ageing parents – and no crisis
In my 40s, I found myself with a life that didn’t look like it was ‘supposed’ to. What was I doing? On trips to South Korea with my mother, an answer began to emerge By E Tammy Kim. Read by Jennifer J...
7 Jul 202530min
Why does Switzerland have more nuclear bunkers than any other country?
Switzerland is home to more than 370,000 nuclear bunkers – enough to shelter every member of the population. But if the worst should happen, would they actually work? By Jessi Jezewska Stevens. Read b...
4 Jul 202527min
From the archive: ‘You can’t be the player’s friend’: inside the secret world of tennis umpires
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, from 2022: new technology was supposed to make umpi...
2 Jul 202545min
My husband and son suffered strokes, 30 years apart. Shockingly little had changed
I was told my husband would never talk again, while physiotherapy was dismissed entirely. My son was failed in similar ways, but for the brilliance of some medical staff who refuse to believe a stroke...
30 Jun 202530min
‘The Mozart of the attention economy’: why MrBeast is the world’s biggest YouTube star
He’s spent 24 hours immersed in slime, two days buried alive – and showered vast amounts of cash on lucky participants. But are MrBeast’s videos simply very savvy clickbait – or acts of avant garde ge...
27 Jun 202535min
From the archive: ‘A nursery of the Commons’: how the Oxford Union created today’s ruling political class
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, from 2022: at the Oxford university debating societ...
25 Jun 202529min
‘Outdated and unjust’: can we reform global capitalism?
President Trump’s tariffs have plunged the world economy into chaos. But history counsels against despair – and the left should seize on capitalism’s crisis of legitimacy By John Cassidy. Read by Chri...
23 Jun 202534min
Extremely loud and incredibly scouse: how Jamie Carragher conquered football punditry
Football coverage no longer stops after the final whistle. And in this new era, the former Liverpool defender reigns supreme By Kieran Morris. Read by Felipe Pacheco. Help support our independent jour...
20 Jun 202546min
