Streetscapes – Mozart, Marx and a Dictator
Die Zeit created a database of over 450,000 street names in Germany. This resulting analysis, complete with illuminating visualisations, provides insights into GermanyÕs social and political history.
The entire global financial system depends on GPS, and it’s shockingly vulnerable to attack
GPS is far more integrated into our daily lives than we think. Its applications go far beyond maps on our phones, and it is not as secure as it might be.
Erdogan’s Turkey
A thorough state of the nation piece looking at Turkey as it prepares for a critical referendum, which would allow President Recep Erdogan yet more sweeping powers if the ‘yes’ vote comes out on top.
How To Hide $400m
A contentious divorce is the jumping off point for a deep dive into the murky world of offshore finance.
The Mogul of the Middle
And insidery view of the strategy an upstart takes in a bid to usurp the big studios in Hollywood. Essential reading if, for instance, you’re interested in how Keanu Reeves pitched ‘Unmanned’, a film described by its producer as “‘Saving Private RyanÕ five minutes in the future”.
How Matteo Salvini pulled Italy to the far right
A detailed look at the rise of Italy’s Interior Minister (and some say de facto leader) Matteo Salvini.
The Tortoise and the Share
Amol Rajan, BBC Media Editor and former Editor of The Independent, delivered this lecture on the future of journalism, aptly summarised in the subhead as “How to Save Journalism (from Itself)”.
This Is What A 21st-Century Police State Really Looks Like
A look at how technology is enabling advanced surveillance of minority Uighurs in China.
Among the Zealots
A look at life for followers of CrossFit, an extreme exercise programme and lifestyle likened by some sceptics to a cult.
The Last Unknown Man
The remarkable story of a man found naked outside a Burger King in Georgia in 2004. His identity was a total mystery, including to himself. Those that sought to help him could not escape a niggling suspicion that he knew more than he was revealing.