Rebels Without A War
FARC have been engaged in guerilla warfare against the Colombian government for over 50 years. That might be about to change.
Inside James Dyson’s all-or-nothing quest for an electric car
While Elon Musk and Tesla are making all the noise, vacuum billionaire James Dyson is making his own huge bet on the electric car, investing billions of his own money in an attempt to launch his first commercially available vehicle by 2021.
Inside the Crypto WorldÕs Biggest Scandal
The story of Tezos, just one of many in the constellation of blockchain related startups, but with unusual personalities and disputes behind the scenes. http://bit.ly/wired-tezos
Homo Orbanicus
A look at how Viktor Orban has created an autocracy in Hungary, a “Fuhrer democracy” at the heart of Europe. Orban was re-elected with a large majority a few days after this article was published.
The Old and the Restless
A tale of some very rum goings on stretching back to the 1970s in Ajijic, a pretty lakeside town in Mexico full of expats that liked to party.
Manchester City’s plan for global domination
A look at City Football Group’s ambitious plans to build a global network of clubs and radically reshape football’s business model.
Returning to Second Life
A piece revisiting the alternative virtual world Second Life, which is still surviving and even generating significant revenues, despite receding from popular consciousness in the last decade.
Exiles on Pennsylvania Avenue: How Jared and Ivanka Were Repelled by Washington’s Elite
The story of Jared and Ivanka’s adventures in Washington.
Through the Outback
A piece interspersed with evocative images, describing the photographer-author’s 12,000-mile, three-month journey through Australia’s Outback.
The Lost Joys of the Screen Saver
This piece, an artistic appreciation of computer screen savers, doesn’t hesitate to use three long words where one short one would suffice, and cites sources from Borges to Escher. Alongside that it retains an infectious enthusiasm for these artefacts of an earlier age of the web.