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Society Vanity Fair

The Untold Story Behind the Mysterious Disappearance of Fan Bingbing, the World’s Biggest Movie Star

Fan Bingbing is one of the most recognisable faces in China’s movie industry. So it sent huge ripples through the entertainment world when, for a part of 2018, she disappeared. The story highlights the tightrope on which many of China’s new elite walk – “You play ball, or you are screwed. So you play ball.”

Life The New York Times

The Senseless Logic of the Wild

A survival story about a group of young men from New York in their early twenties who were on an expedition to Alaska when the weather turned bad and things went very wrong.

Slate Technology

How a 119-Word Local Crime Brief Became Facebook’s Most-Shared Story of 2019

A local news story that became an unexpected viral hit is used as a way to examine the algorithm that influences what people see on Facebook, a place where many people (43% of American adults per the Pew Research Center) continue to get their news.

Politico Politics

Can Trump Survive Mueller?

A look at Donald Trump’s prospects of surviving the Mueller enquiry, and his long track record of living life right on the edge of the precipice.

Life Topic

The Mortician and the Murderer

The extraordinary, grisly story of a corrupt funeral home and crematorium business run by a family team.

Business The Guardian

How to move a masterpiece: the secret business of shipping priceless artworks

Behind the scenes in the business of fine art shipping.

New Republic Politics

Nihilist In Chief

A none too flattering profile of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a man right at the heart of the American political system.

BBC Entertainment

Top Scores

A look at the world of video game sound design.

Bloomberg Businessweek Business

Facebook’s Crisis Management Algorithm Runs on Outrage

Bloomberg’s cover story provides their take on Facebook’s apology cycles.

Lapham's Quarterly Politics

A World Built on Sand and Oil

A look at the present and past of two essential commodities of the global economy.

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