Congratulations to Nesrine Malik who has been shortlisted for the European Press Prize for her piece, 'My lament for war-torn Khartoum' theguardian.com/world/2023/jul…

'One night after he got home, he sparked a joint in his bedroom, and his mother kicked him out. He was 14. At first homelessness almost felt akin to maturity. It was now up to him to figure the world out by himself.'

Today's The Guardian Long Read by Francisco Garcia theguardian.com/law/ng-interac…

In 2016, we asked Ian Jack to write about Trident for The Guardian Long Read, and he produced this masterpiece —which makes very clear, over 10000 words, that the purpose of “our nuclear deterrent” has little to do with keeping us safe.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/f…

'While much has changed in the past six months, the horrors we witness can only be truly comprehended as a cataclysmic new phase in a war that has been going on for several generations.'

Today's The Guardian Long Read by Rashid Khalidi

theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

I was very grateful to be invited up to Wesleyan to listen to a stunning medieval gymel (Stuart and Myles you are famous forever) and discuss pure critical relation with Merve Emre nybooks.com/online/2024/04…

'I dreaded being labelled a victim, and for my daughter to see me in that light. The reaction I craved was not sympathy or compassion. It was anger, pure rage.'

Today's The Guardian Long Read by Rena Effendi theguardian.com/world/ng-inter…

Foreign Press Association presses again for immediate access to Gaza raising “questions about what Israel does not want international journalists to see”. The US administration has also pressed Netanyahu directly on the issue, still no change.

This Sophie Elmhirst classic from 2015 was one of the first Guardian Long Reads: 'Is Richard Dawkins destroying his reputation?'

theguardian.com/science/2015/j…

It's by Alex Blasdel so obviously this is a must-read

This piece by Tim Wyatt is the first comprehensive read on Martin Sargeant. It's the biggest scandal to rock the Church of England this millennium. I do urge you to read it.

the-fence.com/in-the-shadow-…

A few years ago, there was a crackdown on child labour in the Indian sandstone industry.

Then businesses found a workaround: rather than bringing the children to the mines, they brought the mines to the children.

Today's The Guardian Long Read by Romita

theguardian.com/news/2024/mar/…

Enriching and thought-provoking read by Vincent Brown on Jamaican memory of Tacky's Revolt--a personal meditation on the place of the historian in wider conversations about memorialization, with all their ambiguities and complexity: theguardian.com/news/2024/mar/…

Extremely smart and useful piece

IT'S NOT TOO LATE - the deadline for the Stern-Bryan Fellowship for early career British journalists is Monday. An amazing opportunity to work The Washington Post for 3 months Stern-Bryan Fellowship city.ac.uk/prospective-st…

New online, a conversation between Scott Sherman and Edwin Frank on the art of publishing: the past 25 years of editing NYRB Classics, the challenges facing the avant-garde today, why a book cover is like dressing for a dinner party, and much more.
thepointmag.com/dialogue/how-t…

'We are all suffering from political long Covid now. The early drama is over. A series of lingering misfortunes has replaced it.'

Today's The Guardian Long Read by David Runciman

theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

In honor of n+1's 20th anniversary (!) we've unpaywalled our top twenty most read pieces: nplusonemag.com/online-only/an…