The story of a different internet era, told through a website called Celine Dreams, whose zenith was between 2003 and 2007, and whose purpose was for its founder to gather and then interpret visitors’ dreams about Celine Dion.
A piece seeking to deconstruct the world view and ambitions of the leader of the UAE, a key player in a region under severe political strain. It’s noteworthy that the response online to this piece has been extremely divided, ranging from dubbing it “a sinister piece of hagiography” to an “exceptional profile” based on an “extremely rare interview”.
A piece tracing the roots of El Salvador’s notorious, brutal, MS-13 gang to 1980s Los Angeles.
It started with a refusal to contribute to bills, then with bulbs started disappearing from her room and appearing in his. It got a lot worse.
A story examining Thomas Mair, the man who murdered the British MP Jo Cox in 2016.
The stories behind the discoveries that built the periodic table.
A story examining the tragic phenomenon of stowaways falling from airplane holds over South West London.
An arresting and disturbing story about the past, present, and future of Narendra Modi’s politics. The story’s climax is the proposal that, with his reelection 2019, Modi “uncovered a terrible secret at the heart of Indian society: by deploying vicious sectarian rhetoric, the country’s leader could persuade Hindus to give him nearly unchecked power.”
A story about deep-sea mining efforts that are starting to coalesce into action at scale from multinational mineral mining organisations. As one oceanographer puts it – “We’re about to make one of the biggest transformations that humans have ever made to the surface of the planet. We’re going to strip-mine a massive habitat, and once it’s gone, it isn’t coming back.”