The strange and grim story of an online romance on an over-50s dating site that quickly progressed to marriage, and then went to much darker places as the story of ‘Filthy’ John Meehan unravelled. The deep-dive piece is accompanied by a six part podcast.
A look at the empire of a successfully returned 1980s televangelist, who gives supporters his “miracle spring water”.
Papers accidentally declassified by the Truman Presidential Library revealed a plot of ‘denial’, stopping the Soviet Union from accessing resources, whatever the cost.
A piece diving deep into the tragic story of an American student, arrested after a guided tour of North Korea, sentenced to 15 years hard labour, and released after diplomatic intervention only to die a few days after his return.
A study of the history of the dictionary and the evolving work of lexicographers in the internet age.
The little considered history of the material that “made the modern world possible” and its roots in Roman civilisation.
A new experimental in-house counter-terrorism unit is taking a different approach to security.
The historian Niall Ferguson finds better parallels for the current political climate in American populism of the late 1800s rather than the more frequently referenced European fascism of the 1930s and 40s.
A sit down with three campaign managers of candidates vanquished by Donald Trump. With their candidates are out of the race, they are very candid.