The Guardian

The Guardian is the world's leading liberal voice providing independent analysis and investigative journalism on current topics like environment, art, and human rights.

The Guardian

Sep 18, 2021 - 12 min

Algebra: the maths working to solve the UK’s supply chain crisis

What it takes to get your food into the shops.

The Guardian

Sep 17, 2021 - 9 min

We can’t build our way out of the environmental crisis

Can one of the most corrupt industries ever really be green?

The Guardian

Sep 17, 2021 - 17 min

Is it time to take aliens more seriously?

"What I saw that night was real."

The Guardian

Sep 16, 2021 - 4 min

How do I overcome chronic indecision and make progress with my life?

Learn to let your decisions be free.

The Guardian

Sep 16, 2021 - 35 min

The disastrous voyage of Satoshi, the world’s first cryptocurrency cruise ship

Behind crypto’s Fyrefest.

The Guardian

Sep 15, 2021 - 17 min

What’s next for American foreign policy?

The Guardian's diplomatic editor on the impossible war on terror.

The Guardian

Sep 12, 2021 - 8 min

Nihilism can make you happier, even in the COVID era - no really, let me explain

The Guardian

Sep 10, 2021 - 10 min

The power of 'no'

How to build strong, healthy boundaries.

The Guardian

Sep 8, 2021 - 29 min

‘Is this justice?’

Why Sudan is facing a multibillion-dollar bill for 9/11.

The Guardian

Sep 7, 2021 - 22 min

What personality are you?

How the Myers-Briggs test took over the world.

The Guardian

Sep 3, 2021 - 10 min

‘Selling a promise’

What Silicon Valley learned from the fall of Theranos.

The Guardian

Sep 1, 2021 - 17 min

A stunning second act

Meet the people who changed course in midlife – and loved it.

The Guardian

Aug 30, 2021 - 18 min

How to win at life

What sports psychologists can teach us all.

The Guardian

Aug 27, 2021 - 13 min

Constant craving

How digital media turned us all into dopamine addicts.

The Guardian

Aug 25, 2021 - 16 min

What I learned from an unlikely friendship with an anti-masker

Reflecting on the polarizing nature of the pandemic.

The Guardian

Aug 24, 2021 - 14 min

The truth about fast fashion

Can you tell how ethical your clothing is by its price?

The Guardian

Aug 21, 2021 - 14 min

Interoception: the hidden sense that shapes wellbeing

Your sixth sense is the key to emotional regulation.

The Guardian

Aug 19, 2021 - 16 min

Ready to quit your job?

Here are the 17 questions to ask yourself first.

The Guardian

Aug 17, 2021 - 14 min

‘Be interested, be curious, hear what’s not said’: how I learned to really listen to people

The Guardian

Aug 14, 2021 - 5 min

Abandoned pits of former mining town fuel green revolution

A potential new chapter for many of the UK’s coal mine towns.

The Guardian

Aug 13, 2021 - 8 min

‘If you talk, you live well’: the remote Sardinian village with eight centenarians

The Guardian

Aug 13, 2021 - 18 min

Is robot therapy the future?

AI takes on Freud.

The Guardian

Aug 10, 2021 - 11 min

Out of control and rising: why bitcoin has Nigeria’s government in a panic

Could cryptocurrencies offer more stability than the plunging naira?

The Guardian

Aug 10, 2021 - 27 min

The lost history of the electric car

And what it tells us about the future of transport.

The Guardian

Aug 9, 2021 - 8 min

Today it’s cool, tomorrow it’s junk - we have to act against our throwaway culture

The Guardian

Aug 8, 2021 - 11 min

Why it's time to stop pursuing happiness

Psychology tells us it's futile.

The Guardian

Aug 4, 2021 - 12 min

Secrets and pies: the battle to get lab-grown meat on the menu

Why scientific transparency is key for this survival of sustainable food.

The Guardian

Aug 3, 2021 - 8 min

Will COVID become a disease of the young?

The world is watching England to find out.

The Guardian

Aug 3, 2021 - 14 min

Leaving burnout behind: the pain and pleasure of starting a new career in my 50s

The Guardian

Aug 1, 2021 - 23 min

Meet Julie K. Brown, the woman who brought down Jeffrey Epstein

What does a journalist do after tying up the scoop of a lifetime?

The Guardian

Jul 30, 2021 - 13 min

What my lockdown calls to an old man taught me about laughter, life - and myself

The Guardian

Jul 29, 2021 - 14 min

What happens when therapy makes things worse?

The dangers of loopholes in mental health support networks.

The Guardian

Jul 26, 2021 - 26 min

Lewis Hamilton: ‘Everything I’d suppressed came up – I had to speak out’

Is this his greatest challenge of all?

The Guardian

Jul 25, 2021 - 8 min

The search for the loneliest whale in the world

And how the quest uncovered a bigger problem.

The Guardian

Jul 25, 2021 - 31 min

No cults, no politics, no ghouls: how China censors the video game world

Can the gaming industry fundamentally change to tap into the market?

The Guardian

Jul 24, 2021 - 14 min

The spectacular life of the world’s most powerful crossword editor

Will Shortz's experience at The New York Times spans 30 years.

The Guardian

Jul 21, 2021 - 6 min

What is Pegasus spyware and how does it hack phones?

Behind the intrusive project making the headlines.

The Guardian

Jul 17, 2021 - 8 min

Phil Spencer on the future of Xbox: we still want to take risks with games

What’s next for the gaming industry?

The Guardian

Jul 11, 2021 - 7 min

Britney Spears’ forced birth control has a long, dark history in the United States

The Guardian

Jul 10, 2021 - 4 min

What’s next for Jeff Bezos? Space, climate and media may all figure

Goodbye e-commerce; hello philanthropy.

The Guardian

Jul 10, 2021 - 11 min

Why 'Bushman banter' was crucial to hunter-gatherers' evolutionary success

Understanding how this group survived could be key to our sustainability.

The Guardian

Jul 8, 2021 - 18 min

‘It just doesn’t stop!’ Do we need a new law to ban out-of-hours emails?

Why disconnecting should be more than just a perk.

The Guardian

Jul 7, 2021 - 31 min

‘At first I thought, this is crazy’: the real-life plan to use novels to predict the next war

The Guardian

Jul 4, 2021 - 9 min

Giles Yeo: ‘Let’s consider the type of food we eat, not fixate on calories’

Is it time to approach food and exercise differently?

The Guardian

Jul 3, 2021 - 9 min

We’ve got the first Alzheimer’s drug in decades. But is it a breakthrough?

Why aducanumab provides false hope.

The Guardian

Jun 29, 2021 - 11 min

Would you live with your boss 24/7? These people do

A whole new layer of WFH — could the odd practice turn into a trend?

The Guardian

Jun 28, 2021 - 24 min

‘I put my life savings in crypto’: how a generation of amateurs got hooked on high-risk trading

The Guardian

Jun 25, 2021 - 7 min

The dividing line between so-called normality and ‘madness’ is thinner than we think

The Guardian

Jun 22, 2021 - 13 min

Marc Thompson: how an HIV diagnosis at 17 helped him change Britain

A conversation with the veteran HIV activist.

The Guardian

Jun 22, 2021 - 4 min

Scarlett Johansson and a decade of gender politics in the Marvel universe

From eye candy to cornerstone: what changed the film giant's mind?

The Guardian

Jun 21, 2021 - 7 min

The mice that roared: how eight tiny countries took on foreign fishing fleets

How the pacific took back its plunder.

The Guardian

Jun 19, 2021 - 9 min

David Eagleman: ‘The working of the brain resembles drug dealers in Albuquerque’

The Guardian

Jun 15, 2021 - 11 min

Gadgets have stopped working together, and it’s becoming an issue

What have we lost as tech has matured?

The Guardian

Jun 14, 2021 - 15 min

"A career change saved my life"

The people who built better lives after burnout.

The Guardian

Jun 2, 2021 - 14 min

‘Take it easy, nothing matters in the end’: William Shatner at 90, on love, loss and Leonard Nimoy

The Guardian

Jun 1, 2021 - 30 min

‘I was sleeping in laybys’: the people who have spent the pandemic living in vans

The Guardian

May 5, 2021 - 15 min

The social biome: how to build nourishing friendships — and banish loneliness

Have you been craving human interaction?

The Guardian

Apr 26, 2021 - 16 min

Married to the job: how a long-hours working culture keeps people single and lonely

The Guardian

Apr 21, 2021 - 11 min

Empathy, compassion, personality, attitudes: can people change?

Understanding what can trigger a change in our core values.

The Guardian

Apr 16, 2021 - 8 min

The rice of the sea: how a tiny grain could change the way humanity eats

A Michelin star chef has made a significant discovery in marine biology.

The Guardian

Apr 15, 2021 - 15 min

Esther Perel on life after COVID: ‘People will want to reconnect with eros’

Why workplaces are comparable to romantic relationships.

The Guardian

Apr 14, 2021 - 26 min

The death truck: how a solution to Mexico's morgue crisis created a new horror

The gruesome effects of a near decade long war.

The Guardian

Apr 13, 2021 - 31 min

Bob Pape was a beloved father and foster carer. Did 'eat out to help out' cost him his life?

The Guardian

Apr 8, 2021 - 7 min

How Mary Wortley Montagu's bold experiment led to smallpox vaccine — 75 years before Jenner

The Guardian

Apr 7, 2021 - 39 min

Hunting the men who kill women: Mexico’s femicide detective

The woman trying to make Mexico a safer place.

The Guardian

Mar 29, 2021 - 5 min

I've sailed the Suez canal on a cargo ship — it's no wonder the Ever Given got stuck

The Guardian

Mar 27, 2021 - 13 min

‘I don’t want sex with anyone’: the growing asexuality movement

Asexuality is more common — but still widely misunderstood.

The Guardian

Mar 24, 2021 - 6 min

How two Irish brothers started a £70bn company you've probably never heard of

The huge value in spotting a gap in the market.

The Guardian

Mar 23, 2021 - 14 min

‘I’ll cherish these moments’: how COVID has swelled the boomerang generation

Moving back in with mum and dad.

The Guardian

Mar 21, 2021 - 16 min

Tim Berners-Lee: ‘We need social networks where bad things happen less’

The World Wide Web 30 years on.

The Guardian

Mar 14, 2021 - 16 min

Kazuo Ishiguro: 'AI, gene-editing, big data ... I worry we are not in control of these things any more'

The Guardian

Mar 13, 2021 - 5 min

I am desperate for the end of lockdown — but I won’t return to my old life

The Guilty Feminist on her most valuable lesson learnt in isolation.

The Guardian

Mar 4, 2021 - 14 min

Claudette Colvin: the woman who refused to give up her bus seat — nine months before Rosa Parks

The Guardian

Mar 3, 2021 - 20 min

Five fishermen, a stormy night and £53m of cocaine: were the Freshwater Five wrongly convicted?

The Guardian

Mar 2, 2021 - 7 min

Nude selfies: are they now art?

Celebrating the pleasures and perils of baring all to the camera.

The Guardian

Mar 1, 2021 - 10 min

Medal of dishonour: why do so many people cheat in online video games?

The idea of bending the rules has been part of gaming culture from the start.

The Guardian

Mar 1, 2021 - 31 min

Sacha Baron Cohen: 'If you’re protesting against racism, you’re going to upset some racists'

The Guardian

Feb 28, 2021 - 18 min

The scars of solitary: Albert Woodfox on freedom after 44 years in a concrete cell

The Guardian

Feb 22, 2021 - 18 min

My porn life: what my years as a sex writer taught me about my desires

An astonishing behind-the-scenes look at the profession of sex writing.

The Guardian

Feb 20, 2021 - 30 min

Mundill Mahil was a straight-A student with a bright future — then she was charged with murder

The Guardian

Feb 19, 2021 - 9 min

The betrayal of Britney Spears: how pop culture failed a superstar

She testified against her conservatorship for the first time yesterday.

The Guardian

Feb 10, 2021 - 29 min

Penthouses and poor doors: how Europe's 'biggest regeneration project' fell flat

The Guardian

Feb 7, 2021 - 10 min

Sophie's triumphantly plastic music moulded a new world for trans people

The Grammy-nominee producer passed away after a sudden accident in Greece, aged 34.

The Guardian

Feb 2, 2021 - 9 min

How Pakistan banned a new drama — and put it up for an Oscar

What the contrasting perceptions of Sarmad Khoosat's new film reveal about life in the country.

The Guardian

Jan 31, 2021 - 7 min

How creating wildlife crossings can help reindeer, bears — and even crabs

If imitated around the world, these type of green initiatives could help avoid "billions of animal deaths."

The Guardian

Jan 8, 2021 - 31 min

The curse of 'white oil': electric vehicles' dirty secret

Digging up mountains in the name of green technology. Have we been sold a lie?

The Guardian

Dec 24, 2020 - 15 min

Tome raiders: solving the great book heist

A 'life imitates art' gripping story, that saw works from Newton and Da Vinci stolen.

The Guardian

Dec 22, 2020 - 19 min

Has a year of living with COVID-19 rewired our brains?

A more resilient and more reserved emotional style might evolve out of the pandemic and its aftermath.

The Guardian

Dec 21, 2020 - 29 min

John le Carré obituary

The acclaimed writer of "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" passed away in December 2020, aged 89.

The Guardian

Dec 21, 2020 - 8 min

Scottie Pippen: 'I told Michael Jordan I wasn’t too pleased with The Last Dance'

The Guardian

Dec 17, 2020 - 15 min

‘It feels like a lost year’: the women who fear 2020 has stolen their chance of motherhood

The Guardian

Dec 13, 2020 - 26 min

Murder in Mexico: journalists caught in the crosshairs

Journalist Regina Martínez was murdered eight years ago. Today, her colleagues are still looking for answers.

The Guardian

Dec 6, 2020 - 14 min

In Naples, a city steeped in pagan rites, I saw Maradona cast his spell

The southern Italian city known for its passion was for the footballer both a spiritual and professional home.

The Guardian

Dec 2, 2020 - 19 min

'I picked up a drink and casually set fire to my life': how addiction nearly destroyed me

The Guardian

Dec 1, 2020 - 26 min

Counted out: Trump's desperate fight to stop the minority vote

Gary Younge: Republicans applied old school racism to new demographics, and lost.

The Guardian

Nov 22, 2020 - 7 min

The Crown's fake history is as corrosive as fake news

Real-life events tend to be dramatised for entertainment value — where do we draw the line?

The Guardian

Nov 21, 2020 - 36 min

Facebook, QAnon and the world's slackening grip on reality

Is the world’s biggest social network doing enough to combat unfounded conspiracy theories?

The Guardian

Nov 20, 2020 - 31 min

'I just want to see the person I always saw in my head': the story of a face

How a trans woman found her sense of self again.

The Guardian

Nov 19, 2020 - 9 min

Here are the major hurdles ahead for COVID-19 vaccine distribution in the US

From people's trust to extreme storage requirements, finding a vaccine is just the beginning.

The Guardian

Nov 17, 2020 - 23 min

How long COVID forced me to confront my past and my identity

What do you do when your worst fear — or a fear you didn’t even know you had — comes true?

The Guardian

Nov 14, 2020 - 15 min

The sole function of the clitoris is female orgasm — is that why it’s ignored by medical science?

The Guardian

Nov 14, 2020 - 6 min

Cocomelon: the unsettling kids show that's breaking Netflix records

The show's ability to 'pacify' kids gives parents an opportunity to breathe.

The Guardian

Nov 12, 2020 - 8 min

Forget unity — now elections deliver revenge as much as representation

Is liberal democracy losing its capacity to resolve our conflicts?

The Guardian

Nov 11, 2020 - 6 min

Water exists on the moon, scientists confirm

What are the implications of this discovery for future lunar missions?

The Guardian

Nov 9, 2020 - 13 min

In 1953, Britain openly removed an elected government, with tragic consequences

The overthrow of Guyana’s ruling party by colonial forces fomented a lasting racial divide.

The Guardian

Nov 8, 2020 - 22 min

Helena Bonham Carter: ‘Divorce is cruel. But some parts are to be recommended'

The acclaimed actor on what's been like to play the Queen's sister for Netflix's 'The Crown'.

The Guardian

Nov 6, 2020 - 31 min

How Syria's disinformation wars destroyed the co-founder of the White Helmets

James Le Mesurier took his own life in 2019 — this is the story behind the celebrated humanitarian.

The Guardian

Nov 5, 2020 - 4 min

A new website for independent bookshops is just what the industry needs

Does the path to survival for streets business go through making peace with the online world?

The Guardian

Nov 4, 2020 - 9 min

Why is Europe yet again at the centre of the coronavirus pandemic?

The experts' view is that the continent's strategy has failed.

The Guardian

Nov 4, 2020 - 18 min

John Gray: 'What can we learn from cats? Don't live in an imagined future'

Why ideologies don't have answers to life’s questions.

The Guardian

Nov 1, 2020 - 12 min

‘I got a whole new mindset’: the health secrets of people who got much fitter in lockdown

The Guardian

Oct 31, 2020 - 32 min

How maverick rewilders are trying to turn back the tide of extinction

Some radical nature lovers are secretly breeding endangered species and releasing them into the wild.

The Guardian

Oct 30, 2020 - 6 min

Into the night: why walking in the dark is good for the soul

Shorter days don’t have to put a stop to our walking trips.

The Guardian

Oct 30, 2020 - 7 min

'At 47, I discovered I am autistic — suddenly so many things made sense'

Autism is often a hidden disability. In this case, a daughter's diagnosis prompted her mother's.

The Guardian

Oct 23, 2020 - 23 min

‘Machines set loose to slaughter’: the dangerous rise of military AI

Is there anything we can do to halt the advance of the killer robots?

The Guardian

Oct 19, 2020 - 26 min

Arsène Wenger: ‘I try to read everything that helps me understand human beings’

The erudite Frenchman who transformed English football.

The Guardian

Oct 19, 2020 - 3 min

Fans from France, India and Copenhagen ask Arsène Wenger

Regrets, advice to the current manager and doing things differently.

The Guardian

Oct 19, 2020 - 3 min

José Mourinho, Rapper Nines and Philippe Sands ask Arsène Wenger

Building a diverse audience and having top exec qualities.

The Guardian

Oct 19, 2020 - 3 min

Diane Abbott, Jeremy Corbyn and Ken Loach ask Arsène Wenger

His motivations, his philosophy and the growing inequalities in football.

The Guardian

Oct 10, 2020 - 19 min

Astronaut Tim Peake: ‘coming home was a harsh transition. Gravity sucks!’

Four years after leaving orbit, how is life on Earth for the first Briton to walk in space?

The Guardian

Oct 8, 2020 - 7 min

Hate exercising? Don't worry, so did our ancestors

Does our newfound sedentism mean we have become lazier? Decidedly not.

The Guardian

Oct 2, 2020 - 14 min

Michael Sandel: 'The populist backlash has been a revolt against the tyranny of merit'

The Guardian

Sep 26, 2020 - 9 min

'It's like family': the Swedish housing experiment designed to cure loneliness

Unlikely connections: a radical scheme offers homes to different ages and backgrounds.

The Guardian

Sep 21, 2020 - 11 min

The wellness realm has fallen into conspiritualism – I have a sense why

How truth can easily become confused with 'truthiness'.

The Guardian

Sep 12, 2020 - 12 min

The eight secrets to a (fairly) fulfilled life

Oliver Burkeman's sobering advice on living life.

The Guardian

Sep 1, 2020 - 6 min

2020 made me open up to strangers, but apocalyptic small talk is wearing thin

A shared crisis has changed the rules of polite interaction, but sometimes deflection has its uses.

The Guardian

Aug 31, 2020 - 13 min

The future is fungal: why the 'megascience' of mycology is on the rise

This scientist thinks there are "hidden realms that lie beneath us, invisible to the eye."

The Guardian

Aug 30, 2020 - 10 min

Sean Connery at 90: a dangerously seductive icon of masculinity

"As much as the Beatles, it was Connery’s charismatic Bond who kept alive Britain’s postwar amour-propre."

The Guardian

Aug 28, 2020 - 5 min

The best thing you can do to make the world a better place? Sometimes the answer is nothing

The Guardian

Aug 28, 2020 - 7 min

Belarus's struggle is a powerful reminder of the value of freedom

However uncertain the road ahead, these protests show how authoritarianism ultimately subverts itself.

The Guardian

Aug 19, 2020 - 27 min

What's wrong with WhatsApp

Is a group our own worst enemy?

The Guardian

Jul 19, 2020 - 11 min

Twisting my melon, man! The baggy, brilliant indie-rave summer of 1990

As the new decade dawned a seismic party began.

The Guardian

Jun 25, 2020 - 10 min

Tiny plankton tell the ocean's story — this vast marine mission has been listening

The Guardian

Jun 25, 2020 - 35 min

The end of tourism?

Is there any way to reinvent an industry that does so much damage?

The Guardian

May 29, 2020 - 9 min

'Transcendentally boring': the joy of job simulation games

Why do millions play games that replicate regular jobs in forensic detail?

The Guardian

May 10, 2020 - 5 min

Silence is golden for whales as lockdown reduces ocean noise

"I expect what we might see is an opportunity for whales to have more complex conversation."

The Guardian

Apr 28, 2020 - 14 min

Yuval Noah Harari: 'Will coronavirus change our attitudes to death? Quite the opposite'

The Guardian

Apr 18, 2020 - 11 min

The secret life of plants: how they memorise, communicate, problem solve and socialise

The Guardian

Apr 15, 2020 - 25 min

Coronavirus: 100 days that changed the world

First, a warning. Then, a pandemic that has transformed life as we know it.

The Guardian

Mar 27, 2020 - 30 min

Can computers ever replace the classroom?

With millions of children worldwide shut out of schools, has the time finally come for AI education?

The Guardian

Mar 23, 2020 - 10 min

'It almost destroyed me': behind New York's greatest nightclub, Studio 54

Travel back to the late 1970s to explore the highs and lows of the celebrity-packed hotspot.

The Guardian

Mar 17, 2020 - 9 min

'It was just left to the people': behind a chilling documentary on the Flint water crisis

The Guardian

Mar 16, 2020 - 6 min

Second person cleared of HIV remains free of virus one year on

Good news: researchers reveal the patient is still in remission 12 months after ‘cure’ declared.

The Guardian

Mar 12, 2020 - 5 min

Doctors use gene editing tool Crispr inside body for first time

Listen together: If it proves successful, it might pave the way to treat a form of blindness.

The Guardian

Mar 11, 2020 - 10 min

The 100-year life: how to prolong a healthy mind

How to keep our brains fit and sharp as we age.

The Guardian

Mar 3, 2020 - 5 min

'Zombie votes': what happens to early ballots cast for Democratic dropouts?

With Buttigieg, Steyer and Klobuchar out of the race, what will happen to their votes?

The Guardian

Mar 2, 2020 - 6 min

Common toxin made in gut can cause bowel cancer, scientists find

Discovery suggests screening for bug that creates toxin could prevent thousands of cases.

The Guardian

Feb 28, 2020 - 6 min

Shuteye and sleep hygiene: the truth about why you keep waking up at 3am

What does good sleep really look like?

The Guardian

Feb 24, 2020 - 7 min

Caroline Flack’s tragic death has rightly put the tabloids back in the dock

The role of the press in the tragic suicide of the TV presenter.

The Guardian

Feb 23, 2020 - 36 min

How ultra-processed food took over your shopping basket

Is ultra-processed food making us ill and driving the global obesity crisis?

The Guardian

Feb 21, 2020 - 10 min

Internet privacy: the apps that protect you from your apps

Privacy apps are on the rise, here's what you need to know.

The Guardian

Feb 19, 2020 - 5 min

How to stop catastrophising — an expert’s guide

A three-pronged plan for tackling anxiety.

The Guardian

Feb 11, 2020 - 9 min

The great kava boom: how Fiji's beloved psychoactive brew is going global

Baobab, maca, kombucha - and - kava? Why this psychoactive Fijian drink is going global.

The Guardian

Feb 7, 2020 - 7 min

Cremate me to the sound of Disco Inferno! What song do you want to die to?

How choosing a last song is helping people with terminal illness prepare for death.

The Guardian

Feb 4, 2020 - 12 min

The poo panacea: inside the strange, surprising world of faecal transplants

Could a treatment for dementia, anorexia and obesity lie in the strangest of places?

The Guardian

Jan 25, 2020 - 18 min

Meet the marathon cheats

Hop on a bus and finish the race — is the win worth cheating for?

The Guardian

Jan 24, 2020 - 15 min

'It's a war between technology and a donkey' — how AI is shaking up Hollywood

Are the days of movies made on gut feeling and paramount experience over?

The Guardian

Jan 22, 2020 - 8 min

Break the cycle: how to stop having the same argument again and again and again

Clinical psychologist, Linda Blair, provides some clear advice - provided you both want to.

The Guardian

Jan 20, 2020 - 13 min

From tofu lamb chops to vegan steak bakes: the 1,000-year history of fake meat

By trying to remove meat from our diets, are we reinforcing its importance?

The Guardian

Jan 18, 2020 - 5 min

Experience: I campaign for the extinction of the human race

'Without humans, other species will have a chance to recover.'

The Guardian

Jan 18, 2020 - 6 min

Cashmere country: the perils of making the world's finest fabric

The looming changes ahead for the freezing and windswept Changthang Plateau.

The Guardian

Jan 14, 2020 - 11 min

‘Everyone thought I was mad’: how to make a life-changing decision – and stick to it

The Guardian

Jan 11, 2020 - 13 min

From Nazi camps to the Lake District: the story of the Windermere children

91-year-old survivor Arek Hersh talks about his experience.

The Guardian

Jan 9, 2020 - 10 min

'We were lawless!' Banksy's photographer reveals their scams and scrapes

Steve Lazarides, Banksy's strategist, photographer and minder, reflects on their time together.

The Guardian

Jan 5, 2020 - 5 min

Why people in Canada’s remote Arctic capital are obsessed with Amazon Prime

Goods can only reach the communities by air or – when the Arctic Ocean thaws – by sea.

The Guardian

Dec 28, 2019 - 5 min

Mad props! How Game of Thrones gave us the mystery of the year

A conspicuous coffee cup turned up in Westeros and sparked a global whodunnit.

The Guardian

Dec 10, 2019 - 11 min

The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintrye review – the astonishing story of a cold war superspy

The Guardian

Dec 9, 2019 - 7 min

How Peru’s potato museum could stave off world food crisis

The ancestral knowledge of Peru's farmers is key to surviving droughts, floods and frosts.

The Guardian

Nov 25, 2019 - 11 min

The party prince: how Andrew got his bad reputation

His interview with Emily Maitlis went viral in November 2019, claiming he has never really partied...

The Guardian

Nov 21, 2019 - 9 min

Eva Meijer: 'Of course animals speak. The thing is we don't listen'

Dutch philosopher and artist on why granting animals meaningful rights would be good for all of us.

The Guardian

Nov 14, 2019 - 9 min

Blue spaces: why time spent near water is the secret of happiness

Proximity to water is associated with many positive measures of physical and mental wellbeing.

The Guardian

Nov 11, 2019 - 15 min

Is my autism a superpower?

A reflection from poet and 'autist' Joanne Limburg on her complicated relationship with autism.

The Guardian

Nov 8, 2019 - 5 min

How to clock off: five ways to leave work and its worries behind

Leave work at the door with these tips to help you ease into the weekend.

The Guardian

Oct 15, 2019 - 8 min

Before the internet broke my attention span I read books compulsively — now, it takes willpower

The Guardian

Sep 24, 2019 - 35 min

Dark crystals: the brutal reality behind a booming wellness craze

The billion-dollar industry seems to be dirtier than ever.

The Guardian

Sep 20, 2019 - 13 min

Depression and anxiety threatened to kill my career - so I came clean about it

It seems daunting, but you may find you are not alone.

The Guardian

Sep 20, 2019 - 10 min

Snowden interview: ‘I was very much a person the most powerful government in the world wanted to go away’

The Guardian

Sep 13, 2019 - 12 min

Zimbabwe's intellectual despot: how Mugabe became Africa's fallen angel

An independence leader who built his country up, then helped destroy it.

The Guardian

Sep 9, 2019 - 14 min

The vegan halo: how plant-based products are transforming British brands

Animal-free products are proving popular - and not just among vegans.

The Guardian

Sep 8, 2019 - 8 min

Heavenly visions of hell: Alan Moore on the sublime art of William Blake

No matter how divine - no subject was spared his critical and visionary gaze.

The Guardian

Sep 1, 2019 - 15 min

'Groovy, groovy, groovy': listening to Woodstock 50 years on – all 38 discs

The "three days of peace and music" relived minute by minute.

The Guardian

Sep 1, 2019 - 6 min

'I’m going to where people are’: the viral priest using TikTok to start a church

The Guardian

Aug 30, 2019 - 33 min

Athleisure, barre and kale: the tyranny of the ideal woman

How the quest to be the 'perfect' woman traps so many.

The Guardian

Aug 26, 2019 - 11 min

The forbidden tongue

The women who created their own language to keep their secrets.

The Guardian

Aug 20, 2019 - 6 min

How do you know whether you can trust poll results? Here’s what to watch out for

The Guardian

Aug 19, 2019 - 24 min

YouTube’s Susan Wojcicki: 'Where's the line of free speech – are you removing voices that should be heard?'

The Guardian

Aug 11, 2019 - 7 min

Gadgets, drug mules and a French accent: my life as a private investigator

How do you stumble into the life of a PI? Think you'd be cut out for it?

The Guardian

Aug 10, 2019 - 17 min

Cat Person author Kristen Roupenian on the trouble with writing about sex

The vulnerability and magic of turning your experiences into art.

The Guardian

Aug 7, 2019 - 4 min

What is the Brexit backstop?

The contentious Brexit negotiation issue explained.

The Guardian

Jul 31, 2019 - 12 min

They look white but say they're black: a tiny town in Ohio wrestles with race

What dictates race?

The Guardian

Jul 30, 2019 - 14 min

The rise of Big Sperm: does the tech world have the answer to our semen crisis?

Why are sperm counts in western men falling?

The Guardian

Jul 30, 2019 - 9 min

Why we're psychologically hardwired to blame the victim

Understand the world better: if justice fails a victim, did they deserve it?

The Guardian

Jul 23, 2019 - 11 min

I knew people found me uncanny and strange – then came the diagnosis that explained it all

The Guardian

Jul 18, 2019 - 11 min

Men behaving badly: why cinema's great hellraisers were a breed apart

The reign of characters fuelled by booze and testosterone appears to be over, should we be sad?

The Guardian

Jul 16, 2019 - 13 min

The search for a cleaner, greener plastic

Biodegradable bags won't solve the problem, which is far more entrenched.

The Guardian

Jul 10, 2019 - 11 min

The science of influencing people: six ways to win an argument

Can the appliance of science sway stubborn opinions?

The Guardian

Jul 4, 2019 - 15 min

How to live forever: meet the extreme life-extensionists

If changing the way you live could extend your life - would it be worth it?

The Guardian

Jul 2, 2019 - 7 min

Dave Bartholomew: a giant who taught the world to rock'n'roll

He pioneered rock'n'roll, but he's unlikely to get credit for it.

The Guardian

Jul 1, 2019 - 14 min

Carine Roitfeld: 'Drink espresso, sleep in your makeup, don’t take selfies…'

Unabashed, self-proclaiming, and completely fabulous. The life of a French style icon in her own words.

The Guardian

Jun 28, 2019 - 10 min

Inspired by 63 Up, author Tim Lott decides it's time to take stock

"My urgent ambition acted as a way of escape, not only from my background but from my own mind."

The Guardian

Jun 21, 2019 - 4 min

Paintball attacks and liquefied rats: why we love sadistic gameshows

As Netflix launches "Awake" in 2019, Gavin Hayes asks what draws us into inhumane endurance tests and stomach-turning challenges? And have these shows reached their expiry date in the "duty of care era"?

The Guardian

Jun 15, 2019 - 12 min

The race to replace Viagra

In 2020 Pfizer will lose its patent over the drug Viagra, terminating its monopoly on pharmaceutical treatments of erectile dysfunction. David Cox, writing in the Guardian in hypothesises what may be in store for the future of this field of medicine and the innovation soon to emerge.

The Guardian

Jun 13, 2019 - 4 min

Sleep apps backfire by causing anxiety and insomnia, says expert

Designed to help users monitor their sleep habits in order to improve them, sleep apps are appearing to do the opposite. From inciting the "nocebo" effect to encouraging anxiety, it turns out technology, instead of being the means to restful sleep, is proving to be an obstacle.

The Guardian

Jun 11, 2019 - 30 min

Why parents are addicted to Calpol

Calpol has been a stalwart parenting aid since its advent in 1959 but is it one we are overdependent on? Jenny Kleeman writing in the Guardian investigates the medicines rise to market dominance, along with what makes this simple cure a cause of controversy.

The Guardian

Jun 10, 2019 - 11 min

How the sheer hell of ultrarunning led me to a strange peace

"Deep in the pain cave, if we dig deep enough, if we push on through, we come to a place where it is strangely peaceful" Adharanand Finn writing in the Guardian, recounts his reluctant journey into the punishing yet redemptive world of ultrarunning.

The Guardian

Jun 7, 2019 - 7 min

Allow me to womansplain the problem with gendered language

Arwa Mahadawi writing in the Guardian, looks at why words like Girlboss and SheEO which were once tongue-in-cheek neologisms for making an important point are no longer sufficient in tearing down the sexism encoded in language - and are instead, reinforcing it.

The Guardian

Jun 6, 2019 - 14 min

Elton John: 'They wanted to tone down the sex and drugs. But I haven’t led a PG-13 life'

The Guardian

Jun 3, 2019 - 7 min

A sweet tale: the son who reinvented sugar to help diabetic dad

Senay Boztas, writing in the Guardian, looks at Javier Larragoiti, the young chemist who, motivated by his diabetic dad, who is buying waste from local farmers, to produce a fermentation-based sugar alternative - and it looks promising.

The Guardian

May 24, 2019 - 8 min

Stop eating fish. It’s the only way to save the life in our seas

George Monbiot, writing in the Guardian, reports on the purposefully overlooked devastation that is happening in our seas. The cause? Not plastic, not pollution, not even climate breakdown. It is the even more sinister, fishing industry, which is unhindered by regulation and driven by greed.

The Guardian

May 23, 2019 - 6 min

Catch-22 review – George Clooney's dizzying, daring triumph

Adrian Horton, writing in the Guardian, reviews George Clooney’s visually impressive adaptation of Joseph Heller’s second world war novel, Catch-22: a violent, frenetic and dizzying triumph.

The Guardian

May 20, 2019 - 12 min

Science of anger: how gender, age and personality shape this emotion

What purpose does anger serve?

The Guardian

May 12, 2019 - 7 min

10 of the best scenic rail journeys in Europe

Nothing quite beats the romance of travelling on a steam train or shunting through mountains. In this guide of the top 10 best scenic rail journeys in Europe by Nick Inman for The Guardian, he has left us daydreaming about the vast and striking beauty showcased across Europe.

The Guardian

May 11, 2019 - 16 min

'It makes me enjoy playing with the kids': is microdosing mushrooms going mainstream?

The Guardian

May 11, 2019 - 26 min

A 'miracle' healing gel, a cult-like following, and a fiercely protected empire

Self described ‘gellers’ tout Somaderm as a double-barreled miracle elixir: a goldmine and a fountain of youth. But past users have reported alarming symptoms – and their attempt at speaking out is met with legal threats.

The Guardian

May 3, 2019 - 8 min

Anti-vaxxers are wrong but ridicule is no way to win them over

We’ve learnt from experience that ridiculing Trump supporters, pro-Brexit-leavers and anti-vaxxers has come to no avail. In order to approach the challenge differently, Sonia Sodha, encourages us to go deeper in trying to understand why people are holding views that science shows to be untrue.

The Guardian

Apr 30, 2019 - 18 min

Gwendoline Christie: ‘Playing Brienne of Tarth changed my life. I feel emotional’

The Guardian

Apr 24, 2019 - 8 min

Neoliberalism promised freedom – instead it delivers stifling control

As private capital was introduced into public services in 1944, Ludwig von Mises warned that “you cannot ‘measure’ a doctor according to the time he employs in examining one case” - here, George Monbiot looks at how the Neoliberal agenda on public services is destroying itself.

The Guardian

Apr 16, 2019 - 15 min

Orwell and me: reflections from Margaret Atwood

The writer cried her eyes out the first time she read Animal Farm at the age of nine.

The Guardian

Apr 9, 2019 - 22 min

My dispiriting, infuriating – and illuminating – time as a political telemarketer

The Guardian

Apr 7, 2019 - 17 min

Glad to be grey: Is it time to embrace the real me?

More women are apparently choosing to go grey at a time that is, or could be age-appropriate.

The Guardian

Apr 1, 2019 - 12 min

Could ‘alcosynth’ provide all the joy of booze – without the dangers?

Scientist David Nutt believes that the next generation will no longer be drinking alcohol. He memorably said alcohol is more dangerous than crack - and is now on his way to inventing a healthy synthetic alternative, and the race is on to get it to market.

The Guardian

Mar 30, 2019 - 9 min

Emma Bunton: ‘We made Victoria clean the bathroom!’

Michael Cragg, writing in The Guardian, sits down with Baby Spice as she dishes the dirt on the Spice Girls’ early years, those Justin Timberlake rumours and Robbie Williams.

The Guardian

Mar 27, 2019 - 34 min

How to move a masterpiece: the secret business of shipping priceless artworks

What happens when a forklift goes through your Picasso? Andrew Dickson, writing in The Guardian, uncovers the scene behind the “no entry” and “installation in progress” signs as he discovers how priceless objects are

The Guardian

Mar 24, 2019 - 39 min

Rwanda’s Khashoggi: who killed the exiled spy chief?

Dissident Patrick Karegeya had fled to South Africa, but was murdered in a well-planned attack. Now an inquest into his death threatens to bring unwelcome attention to Rwanda’s feted leader.

The Guardian

Mar 22, 2019 - 7 min

What is the mysterious 'global Hum' – and is it simply noise pollution?

Up to 4% of people are said to hear a strange low-pitched noise known as the Hum, but no source has ever been found. City life is said to be one possible cause - The Guardian shed light on the strange phenomenon.

The Guardian

Mar 19, 2019 - 11 min

From red pills to red, white and blue Brexit: how The Matrix shaped our reality

The Guardian

Mar 17, 2019 - 7 min

The Ryan Adams Allegations Are The Tip Of An Indie-Music Iceberg

Alternative musicians pride themselves on being more enlightened than their rock counterparts, but, according to Laura Snapes writing in the Guardian, she has found no end of ‘beta male misogyny’.

The Guardian

Mar 8, 2019 - 7 min

Darjeeling Express: The Amateur Cooks Turned Professional Chefs

Recently featured as part of the hit Netflix tv show Chef’s table, The Darjeeling Express is a remarkable restaurant with sisterhood, vibrant culture and love at its core.

The Guardian

Mar 8, 2019 - 43 min

How Robyn transformed pop

Who really was she?