Cocaine, Tug Boats and Tip Offs
A detailed account of how “the largest drugs bust in UK history” played out. http://www.bit.ly/wired-cocaine
A detailed account of how “the largest drugs bust in UK history” played out. http://www.bit.ly/wired-cocaine
The LRB dedicates a vast spread to responses to the UK’s EU referendum result. Contributors look at the issue from all sorts of angles – the greatest value perhaps lies in the interplay between the viewpoints when placed alongside each other.
The story of the mission to recover the bodies of three climbers on Mount Everest, two of whom were abandoned high up the mountain.
A look at the work of snake-handling preachers in Kentucky.
A piece examining the extent of Russian cyber warfare in the Ukraine.
A spate of linked murders has revealed worryingly active far right movements in Germany. Even more alarming is the strange role in the affair played by the German intelligence services.
Betting shops are ubiquitous on Britain’s high streets. They can be very dangerous places to work.
The historian Linda Colley proposes that the relative political stability of Britain (along with the US) over time has left its political system with more maintenance work outstanding than other countries that have experienced greater upheaval. From there, she looks to the lessons history can offer in addressing Britain’s current challenges. http://bit.ly/lrb-history
A former data journalist has pooled information about thousands of murders and sought to identify hitherto undiscovered links between them.