Back to the Drawing Board
A piece looking at the story of the film The Thief and the Cobbler, the unfinished magnum opus of Richard Williams, considered by many to be the world’s greatest living animator.
The Dark Art of Music Mastering
An insight into the final step in music production before release – a process shrouded in mystery, yet hugely influential.
The Big Gamble
Betting shops are ubiquitous on Britain’s high streets. They can be very dangerous places to work.
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.
The Turkish Coup Through The Eyes of Its Plotters
A gripping real-time view of the Turkish coup attempt gathered from transcripts of a WhatsApp group created by conspirators to coordinate their efforts.
Arron Banks: The Man Who Bought Brexit
A profile of the unique character who ploughed £7.5m into the campaign to leave the EU. He has now set his sights on a broad populist democratic movement to take on what he sees as the flawed and corrupt democratic institutions governing the UK.