Reflecting On One Very, Very Strange Year At Uber
The author relays the shocking story of the treatment she received during her year working as an engineer at Uber.
This Is How Steve Bannon Sees The Entire World
The transcript from a Steve Bannon lecture, delivered to the Vatican in 2014.
A Terrifying Journey Through the World’s Most Dangerous Jungle
The Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama is a treacherous stretch of jungle filled with drug smuggling gangs that’s almost impassable. It is also a major route for migrants trying to reach the USA.
Across the Broken Bridge
An essay examining smuggling activities taking place along the China-North Korea border.
Bugs are coming soon to your dinner table
A piece examining the growing insect farming industry, with around 1,900 species worldwide already part of human diets.
NHS SOS
A sobering but essential read on the NHS. The story dives deep on the successive policies Whitehall and Westminster have implemented to effect change, interspersed with the experiences of individual patients and staff in the system.
The White Darkness
This powerful and moving piece tells the story of Henry Worsley’s expeditions to the South Pole. They were inspired by Ernest Shackleton, a mentor he never met, and were each a study in human endurance and fortitude.
The town that disappeared
A story looking at Russian “monotowns” – places that were often built and populated decades ago to exploit a single resource (such as coal or ore) and are now in decline as those resources are exhausted or the economyÕs needs have moved on.
How Martin Luther Changed the World
A profile of the Augustinian friar who five hundred years ago significantly altered the course of history, when at the age of thirty-three he initiated the eventual split in the Catholic Church.