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# 7 great reads

This week
19th March 2023 - 25th March 2023
# 7 great reads
Sitdown Sunday: 'People are at the front line too long, and at a certain point, they crack'
Settle down in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
18.1k
3
Mar 19th 2023, 9:00 AM
Last week
12th March 2023 - 25th March 2023
# 7 great reads
Sitdown Sunday: Inside the competitive, cutthroat world of Oscar campaigning
Settle down in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
9.8k
1
Mar 12th 2023, 9:00 AM
This month
March 2023
# 7 great reads
Sitdown Sunday: How music's effect on the brain can unlock memories for people with dementia
Settle down in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
9.4k
4
Mar 5th 2023, 9:00 AM
Last month
February 2023
# 7 great reads
Sitdown Sunday: 'He sends a heart emoji every morning, to let her know he’s still alive'
Settle down in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
18.6k
0
Feb 26th 2023, 9:00 AM
# 7 great reads
Sitdown Sunday: An Icelandic town's annual mission to rescue baby Puffins
Settle down in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
10.1k
4
Feb 19th 2023, 9:00 AM
# 7 great reads
Sitdown Sunday: The science behind the syndrome that makes you feel like a fraud
Settle down in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
16.4k
1
Feb 12th 2023, 9:00 AM
# 7 great reads
Sitdown Sunday: The spaceport at the edge of the world
Settle down in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
10.9k
0
Feb 5th 2023, 9:00 AM
This year
2023
# 7 great reads
Sitdown Sunday: The man who repairs the world's most expensive violins
Settle down in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
16.3k
0
Jan 29th 2023, 9:00 AM
# 7 great reads
Sitdown Sunday: The romance novelist who faked her own death
Settle down in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
15.0k
0
Jan 22nd 2023, 9:00 AM
# 7 great reads
Sitdown Sunday: The twin brothers who cheated in an ultra marathon - and their sort-of redemption
Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
33.5k
0
Jan 15th 2023, 9:00 AM
# 7 great reads
Sitdown Sunday: She was an award-winning writer - but did she really exist?
Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
19.5k
3
Jan 8th 2023, 9:00 AM
Last year
2022
# Longreads
Sitdown Sunday: 7 of the year's most fascinating and feelgood longreads
Including an oral history of the Talkboy from Home Alone 2.
10.7k
0
Dec 25th 2022, 9:00 AM
# 7 great reads
Sitdown Sunday: Stolen identity, chatbots, and a Patti Smith interview
Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
13.0k
0
Dec 18th 2022, 9:00 AM
# 7 great reads
Sitdown Sunday: Life lessons after a devastating diagnosis
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21.4k
2
Dec 11th 2022, 9:00 AM
# 7 great reads
Sitdown Sunday: Hollywood's latest troubling diet craze
Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
21.2k
2
Dec 4th 2022, 9:00 AM
# 7 great reads
Sitdown Sunday: The dream home that had a dark past
Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
15.8k
1
Nov 27th 2022, 9:00 AM
# 7 great reads
Sitdown Sunday: The World Cup's forgotten team
Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
12.6k
0
Nov 20th 2022, 9:00 AM
# 7 great reads
Sitdown Sunday: Are we all just prisoners of geography?
Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
15.2k
0
Nov 13th 2022, 9:00 AM
# 7 great reads
Sitdown Sunday: The missing plan for alien first contact
Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
12.5k
2
Nov 6th 2022, 9:00 AM
# 7 great reads
Sitdown Sunday: What does it mean to be a witch today?
Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
13.2k
2
Oct 30th 2022, 9:00 AM
# 7 great reads
Sitdown Sunday: What would happen on a cruise based around crime thriller 'Gone Girl'?
Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
16.0k
2
Oct 23rd 2022, 9:00 AM
# 7 great reads
Sitdown Sunday: The last word from Angela Lansbury
Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
17.6k
0
Oct 16th 2022, 9:00 AM
# 7 great reads
Sitdown Sunday: What it's like to be alone at the edge of the world
Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
18.2k
1
Oct 9th 2022, 9:00 AM
# 7 great reads
Sitdown Sunday: Who was the real Marilyn Monroe?
Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
16.5k
6
Oct 2nd 2022, 9:00 AM
# 7 great reads
Sitdown Sunday: Inside Russia's vast surveillance state
Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
21.7k
1
Sep 25th 2022, 9:00 AM
# 7 great reads
Sitdown Sunday: The mystery phone calls about 'crimes' at Riverside Drive
Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
25.0k
3
Sep 18th 2022, 9:00 AM
# 7 great reads
Sitdown Sunday: How the Don't Worry Darling drama captured the internet
Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
29.1k
1
Sep 11th 2022, 9:00 AM
# 7 great reads
Sitdown Sunday: The unique fate of Mikhail Gorbachev
Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
13.8k
0
Sep 4th 2022, 9:00 AM
# 7 great reads
Sitdown Sunday: How amateurs solved the Zodiac killer's 340 cipher
Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
17.8k
0
Aug 21st 2022, 9:00 AM
# 7 great reads
Sitdown Sunday: The people who really hate summer
Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
19.4k
6
Aug 14th 2022, 9:00 AM
# 7 great reads
Sitdown Sunday: The strange true story behind Go Ask Alice
Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
16.7k
2
Aug 7th 2022, 9:00 AM
# sitdown sunday
Sitdown Sunday: How indie authors are using AI to overcome writers block
Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
10.2k
0
Jul 24th 2022, 9:00 AM
# 7 great reads
Sitdown Sunday: The mystery of Michael Flatley's film Blackbird
Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
29.1k
5
Jul 17th 2022, 9:00 AM
# 7 great reads
Sitdown Sunday: Inside Boris Johnson's money network
Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
45.4k
4
Jul 10th 2022, 9:00 AM
# 7 great reads
Sitdown Sunday: Who benefitted from London's Olympics 2012 developments?
Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
17.9k
1
Jul 3rd 2022, 9:00 AM
# 7 great reads
Sitdown Sunday: The disappearance of flight MH370
Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
22.0k
3
Jun 26th 2022, 9:00 AM
# 7 great reads
Sitdown Sunday: Why the first 10 minutes of the film Up make you cry
Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
15.6k
3
Jun 19th 2022, 9:00 AM
# 7 great reads
Sitdown Sunday: The inside story of Ukraine's World Cup qualifier victory
Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
14.1k
0
Jun 12th 2022, 9:00 AM
# 7 great reads
Sitdown Sunday: What did the ancient Maya see in the stars?
Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
18.7k
9
Jun 5th 2022, 9:00 AM
# 7 great reads
Sitdown Sunday: The faces from China's Uyghur detention camps
Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
11.1k
0
May 29th 2022, 9:00 AM
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