Life in a ‘sinking nation’: Tuvalu’s dreams of dry land
With sea levels rising, much of the nation’s population is confronting the prospect that their home may soon cease to exist. Where are they going to go? By Atul Dev. Read by Mikhail Sen Check out Betw...
19 Sep 202542min
From the archive: Sewage sleuths: the men who revealed the slow, dirty death of Welsh and English rivers
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: A tide of effluent, broken laws and ruth...
17 Sep 202542min
Very British bribery: the whistleblower who exposed the UK’s dodgy arms deals with Saudi Arabia
When Ian Foxley found evidence of corruption while working at a British company in Riyadh, he alerted the MoD. He didn’t know he’d stumbled upon one of its most closely guarded secrets By David Pegg. ...
15 Sep 202551min
‘People pay to be told lies’: the rise and fall of the world’s first ayahuasca multinational
Alberto Varela claimed he wanted to use sacred plant medicine to free people’s minds. But as the organisation grew, his followers discovered a darker reality. By Sam Edwards. Read by Sid Sagar. Help s...
12 Sep 202549min
From the archive: ‘We were all wrong’: how Germany got hooked on Russian energy
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: Germany has been forced to admit it was ...
10 Sep 202532min
Dancing with Putin: how Austria’s former foreign minister found a new home in Russia
Karin Kneissl made headlines around the world when she invited the Russian president to her wedding in 2018. Five years later, she moved to St Petersburg. The scandal revealed a dark truth about the t...
8 Sep 202534min
Don’t call it morning sickness: ‘At times in my pregnancy I wondered if this was death coming for me’
The Victorians called it ‘pernicious vomiting of pregnancy’, but modern medicine has offered no end to the torture of hyperemesis gravidarum – until now. By Abi Stephenson. Read by Nicolette Chin. Hel...
5 Sep 202530min
From the archive: ‘We need to break the junk food cycle’: how to fix Britain’s failing food system
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: From ultra-processed junk to failing sup...
3 Sep 202533min
