How the CIA Hoodwinked Hollywood
How the CIA seeks to use the film industry to project its desired image.
The Lost Children of ‘Runaway Train’
The 1991 music video for the smash hit by Soul Asylum featured images of runaway children. This thoughtful piece follows up on their stories a quarter of a century later.
The Perfect Man
Billy Mitchell is really, really good at Pac-Man – his high score is 3,333,360 – a perfect game. The unusual way his mind works is gently unpicked in this profile.
Let’s Go Take Back Our Country
A look inside a 2014 attempt to take power in the Gambia. http://www.bit.ly/atlantic-gambia
Rebels Without A War
FARC have been engaged in guerilla warfare against the Colombian government for over 50 years. That might be about to change.
Interview: Tony Blair
A 13,000 word interview with the former Prime Minister, covering his record, his present activities, and the current global and domestic political situation. He remains a major figure on the world stage.
How The DNA Revolution Is Changing Us
Recent advances in genetic science bring with them huge opportunities – correcting mutations that cause cystic fibrosis, editing pig genes for organ transplant to humans or mosquito genes to remove dangerous viruses are all avenues being explored right now, amongst many others. They also present extremely thorny ethical questions that will need to be answered very soon.
Take Nothing, Leave Nothing
The author tells the story of how he came to receive a lifetime ban from the remote island of Tristan da Cunha, and reflects on the nature of tourism.
Sad!
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.
The Cold War Plan to Keep Soviet Hands Off Middle Eastern Oil
Papers accidentally declassified by the Truman Presidential Library revealed a plot of ‘denial’, stopping the Soviet Union from accessing resources, whatever the cost.