From the archive: The last humanist: how Paul Gilroy became the most vital guide to our age of crisis
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 2021: one of Britain’s most influential schola...
21 Jan 57min
‘The English person with a Chinese stomach’: how Fuchsia Dunlop became a Sichuan food hero
The author has been explaining Sichuan cuisine to westerners for decades. But ‘Fu Xia’, as she’s known, has had a profound effect on food lovers in China, too By Leslie T Chang. Read by Ginnia Cheng. ...
19 Jan 30min
The dangerous rise of Buddhist extremism: ‘Attaining nirvana can wait’
Still largely viewed as a peaceful philosophy, across much of south-east Asia, the religion has been weaponised to serve nationalist goals By Sonia Faleiro. Read by Dinita Gohil. Help support our inde...
16 Jan 39min
From the archive: Kudos, leaderboards, QOMs: how fitness app Strava became a religion
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 2020: the Strava app offers community, trainin...
14 Jan 32min
Hard to digest: we still live in Fast Food Nation
Twenty-five years after I revealed the practices of the industrial food giants, the profits – and dangers – of mass producing meat and milk have only grown Written and read by Eric Schlosser. Help sup...
12 Jan 38min
‘I wish I could say I kept my cool’: my maddening experience with the NHS wheelchair service
After I was paralysed in a climbing accident, I discovered how inconsiderate, illogical and incompetent many wheelchair providers can be By Paul Sagar. Read by Felipe Pacheco. Help support our indepen...
9 Jan 28min
From the archive: The cartel, the journalist and the gangland killings that rocked the Netherlands
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: In a country known for its liberal drugs...
7 Jan 56min
Inside the rise and fall of Podemos: ‘We believed we had a stake in the future’
The leftist party exploded out of Spain’s anti-austerity protests in 2011 and upended Spain’s entrenched two-party system. I was instantly captivated – and for the next decade, I worked for the party....
5 Jan 30min
