What's the deal with London's Harry Potter shops, which are in some of the capital's most prominent shopping areas? And why are so many of these businesses now owned by a 31-year-old woman in Oxford who originally claimed she was not the actual owner when we tracked her down?

I spoke to Michael, a San Diego neuro-ICU nurse, about how AI is taking over his hospital. He says rather than helping patients, AI tools serve to "speed up the factory floor, squeezing more out of us, so they can ultimately hire fewer of us." His story: codastory.com/stayonthestory…

Sacré bleu! The damn beavers are on the loose! Belgium authorities are hot on the tail of Oliver Rubbers. A renegade with a wild mission... bring the beaver back. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sna…

VERY intriuged to hear beaver bombing featured on #TheArchers.... this could get interesting! Here's my investigation into this guerilla rewilding movement - ft Ben Goldsmith Derek Gow Fiona Mathews Tim Kendall 🦫codastory.com/climate-crisis…

Fantastic article about rewilding. In Northern Spain local wolf and bear populations have returned from the verge of extinction in the last 25 years due to conservation efforts. In the UK we lost these apex species and they have to be reintroduced. They belong here. 🦫🐺❤️

Listen to this story of a real-life beaver bomber who secretly dropped 100 beavers in his local rivers in Belgium. He reckons Belgium should thank him for services rendered to the nation. So pleased to have helped out with this gripping Snap Judgment tale snapjudgment.org/episode/the-be…

The Hidden Globe by Atossa Araxia Abrahamian is an adventure through all the secret spaces of the wealthy and powerful. Isobel Cockerell sat down with the author to talk freeports, arctic archipelagos, and private justice systems buff.ly/3ZobYsl

NEW: Leaked documents show aunt of UK’s anti-corruption minister denied Malta passport on corruption fears. W/ Chris Cook, ⁦Rafe Uddin⁩ and ⁦Susannah Savage⁩ on.ft.com/3DSiizV

Across the now-decimated Gaza Strip, America’s mark is everywhere. In footage shot by CBS News in May, the ground is littered with US-made ammunition casings – some used to prop up tents, others turned into playthings by children.

Octavia E. Butler, the late-pioneering Black science fiction novelist who wrote about a wildfire from climate change, in her novel "Parable of the Sower," is buried in an Altadena cemetery. The cemetery caught fire, the LA Times reports.

#SaveThePCC Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease. For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below; you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princecharle…

It was all they had. A spoon and a rusty nail. But for the young Uyghur men trapped in a cell, it meant… escape. Isobel Cockerell from Coda Story brings us this epic tale. open.spotify.com/episode/2V4zSU…

Isobel Cockerell We recently teamed up with @SnapJudgment to transform Hashim's story into a powerful podcast episode. Now thousands are hearing his voice and remarkable journey firsthand. Listen here: buff.ly/N9LNWHC

AI has evolved beyond technology into a new kind of faith system—complete with prophets, salvation narratives, and promises of transcendence. Our new investigative series, CAPTURED, uncovers Silicon Valley's mission to reshape humanity. Listen now: buff.ly/7CdWNcB

What happens when you trade in Mormonism and the pursuit of Godlike perfection for tech-world optimization and Bryan Johnson's Don't Die movement? J. Paul Neeley went on a nightmare journey taking the Blueprint Protocol: codastory.com/authoritarian-…

'Captured' is the kind of journalism we need right now: sharp, human, unafraid to sit with complexity. Huge respect to Isobel Cockerell & the Coda Story team led by natalia antelava, for telling this story the way it needed to be told. My review + 1 small critique: themedusacode.substack.com/p/review-coda-…

1/ How can we think about the world in ways that don't put humanity at the center of it? Would the Earth be better off run by AI? Adam Kirsch speaks to Isobel Cockerell about what a post-human future looks like.buff.ly/t4kYNzq

“Can I do one more Lebedev?” Paul Caruana Galizia, Ed Caesar & Oliver Bullough trade anecdotes on Lord of Siberia Evgeny Lebedev: his diets, hobbies, bugbears. Stories of oligarchy must reach a wide audience, says Paul Caruana Galizia. To draw people in, start with the absurd. #ZEG2025

“We think we know right from wrong,” but “we’re still digesting that fruit from the tree of knowledge.” In the age of AI, the illusion of certainty is stronger. Bishop Rusudan Gotsiridze at #ZEG2025 reminded us to embrace humility and imperfection in our search for truth.

Shops across London are repeatedly having their windows smashed — yet nothing is stolen. Claudia Cockerell investigates and discovers a more worrying pattern... standard.co.uk/news/crime/lon…