The Court That Rules the World
An investigative report into the world of arbitration at the ISDS, an increasingly influential supranational legal body for global corporations and nations.
Dee Dee Wanted Her Daughter To Be Sick, Gypsy Wanted Her Mom To Be Murdered
The dark and unsettling story of a case of suspected Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome that had tragic consequences.
Guns, God, And Trump: How An Accused Russian Agent Wooed US Conservatives
Russian national Maria Butina has recently been indicted on conspiracy charges in the US. She appears to have spent years cultivating contacts amongst Republican lawmakers, particularly focused around the issue of gun rights.
Looking For Tom Lehrer, ComedyÕs Mysterious Genius
This piece goes in search of a genius who went to Harvard aged 15, wrote comic songs that were a huge hit and with which he toured the world, then almost entirely vanished from the stage. Talking to People magazine in 1982, as ever he had the best words to describe some of what had changed “Things I once thought were funny are scary – now I often feel like a resident of Pompeii who has been asked for some humorous comments on lava.”
Who Gets A Happily Ever After In 2018?
A look at how the romance fiction genreÕs politics are evolving in the era of #MeToo and Trump.
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.