A Manchester Evening News journalist assesses the “the original northern powerhouse.” and finds great positivity, community, and enterprise amidst “an uphill struggle” caused at least in part due to lack of focus from central Government.
This 1993 profile of Ricky Jay, the inscrutable yet adored magician and scholar of the history of magic and conjuring, is one of the classics of the genre.
The author visits Hong Kong to report on the huge protests against increasing Chinese influence.
Tech and media analyst Ben Thompson provides a thorough primer on Facebook’s new cryptocurrency play.
On the frontline of the assault on the Amazon gaining pace during the Presidency of Jair Bolsonaro.
A 2013 profile of Iranian military and political operative Qassem Suleimani, of renewed relevance in the context of the current tensions between Iran and the United States. Suleimani was recently described as “Iran’s Deadly Puppet Master” in Foreign Policy’s Global Thinkers 2019 series.
A story about Essex, seen through the lens of social and political change in post-war Britain.
The author reflects on his strong suspicion that his loving grandmother knowingly poisoned people throughout her life, to terrible effect.
Three stories examining the coastal border areas between Mexico, Guatemala and Belize, where tourist areas, police violence, conservative Christian communities, and the drug trade all mix.
The story of an Estonian soldier who fell victim to a sting operation on a trip to Russia, and turned spy.