# longread

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

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.

15.2k

Jan 22nd 2023, 9:00 AM

Last year

2022

# 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.

13.1k

Dec 18th 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

Sep 25th 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.

29.2k

Sep 11th 2022, 9:00 AM

# Podcast

The Explainer: How have abortion laws changed in the US since Roe V Wade was overturned?

Listen in to hear US-based journalist Marion McKeone explain.

3.7k

Sep 1st 2022, 6:00 PM

# 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.

45.5k

Jul 10th 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

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

Jun 5th 2022, 9:00 AM

# 7 great reads

Sitdown Sunday: The rise of buy now, pay later apps

Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.

12.5k

May 15th 2022, 9:00 AM

# 7 great reads

Sitdown Sunday: Al Pacino on his role in the gamechanging film The Godfather

Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.

25.0k

Mar 13th 2022, 9:00 AM

# 7 great reads

Sitdown Sunday: How Anna Delvey's cons got uncovered

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26.8k

Feb 13th 2022, 9:00 AM

# 7 great reads

Sitdown Sunday: The tourists who experience 'India syndrome' after falling in love with the country

Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.

34.7k

Jan 16th 2022, 9:00 AM

All time

# 7 great reads

Sitdown Sunday: He spent 59 years in prison - and is fighting to prove his innocence

Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.

48.9k

Dec 19th 2021, 9:00 AM

# 7 great reads

Sitdown Sunday: A road trip with Ireland's most exciting hip hop acts

Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.

18.0k

Dec 5th 2021, 9:00 AM

# evening sitdown

Your Evening Longread: How people are making millions selling NFTs

We bring you an interesting longread each evening to take your mind off the news.

28.7k

Nov 8th 2021, 8:00 PM

# 7 deadly reads

Sitdown Sunday: The real life Succession

Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.

16.6k

Nov 7th 2021, 9:00 AM

# evening sitdown

Your Evening Longread: The invisible work of disabled people

We bring you an interesting longread each evening to take your mind off the news.

6.4k

Nov 4th 2021, 8:00 PM

# evening sitdown

Your Evening Longread: How Korean music, TV and film conquered the world

We bring you an interesting longread each evening to take your mind off the news.

7.5k

Nov 3rd 2021, 8:00 PM

# evening sitdown

Your Evening Longread: What we learn when we unfreeze the Ice Age

We bring you an interesting longread each evening to take your mind off the news.

9.3k

Oct 29th 2021, 8:00 PM

# 7 great reads

Sitdown Sunday: The man who lived in an airport for 15 years

Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.

96.6k

Oct 24th 2021, 9:00 AM

# 7 great reads

Sitdown Sunday: The murders down the hall

Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.

14.7k

Oct 17th 2021, 9:00 AM

# evening sitdown

Your Evening Longread: The global links of the Kinahan crime gang

We bring you an interesting longread each evening to take your mind off the news.

18.3k

Oct 15th 2021, 8:00 PM

# 7 great reads

Sitdown Sunday: The hunt for the thieves behind a massive jewel heist

Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.

17.7k

Aug 29th 2021, 9:00 AM

# evening sitdown

Your evening longread: One woman's fight to prove she exists

We bring you an interesting longread each evening to take your mind off the news.

18.9k

Jul 12th 2021, 8:30 PM

# evening sitdown

Your evening longread: Do deadlines work?

We bring you an interesting longread each evening to take your mind off the news.

7.4k

Jul 9th 2021, 8:30 PM

# evening sitdown

Your evening longread: Investigating a yoga school for sexual crimes

We bring you an interesting longread each evening to take your mind off the news.

23.3k

Jul 8th 2021, 8:30 PM

# evening sitdown

Your evening longread: How a Twitter thread was transformed into a critically-acclaimed movie

We bring you an interesting longread each evening to take your mind off the news.

14.3k

Jul 7th 2021, 8:30 PM

# evening sitdown

Your evening longread: Why I'm glad I'm an overthinker

We bring you an interesting longread each evening to take your mind off the news.

14.9k

Jul 6th 2021, 8:30 PM

# evening sitdown

Your evening longread: How the US Pentagon started taking UFOs seriously

We bring you an interesting longread each evening to take your mind off the news.

17.0k

Jul 5th 2021, 8:30 PM

# 7 great reads

Sitdown Sunday: The dream jobs that were actually nightmares

Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.

22.7k

Jul 4th 2021, 9:00 AM

# evening sitdown

Your evening longread: The fans who think Joe Rogan is an underground star

We bring you an interesting longread each evening to take your mind off the news.

33.1k

Jul 2nd 2021, 8:30 PM

# evening sitdown

Your evening longread: Tilda Swinton on her career and pushing boundaries

We bring you an interesting longread each evening to take your mind off the news.

13.5k

Jul 1st 2021, 8:30 PM

# evening sitdown

Your evening longread: Daniel Morgan - Britain's most-investigated unsolved murder

We bring you an interesting longread each evening to take your mind off the news.

11.8k

Jun 30th 2021, 8:30 PM

# evening sitdown

Your evening longread: The fake wedding and $250k scam

We bring you an interesting longread each evening to take your mind off the news.

19.7k

Jun 29th 2021, 8:30 PM

# 7 great reads

Sitdown Sunday: What Britney said about her controversial conservatorship

Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.

22.4k

Jun 27th 2021, 9:00 AM

# evening sitdown

Your evening longread: The MCU gets its first major queer character

We bring you an interesting longread each evening to take your mind off the news.

25.3k

Jun 25th 2021, 8:30 PM

# evening sitdown

Your evening longread: The revolt against liberalism in Poland and Hungary

We bring you an interesting longread each evening to take your mind off the news.

13.0k

Jun 24th 2021, 8:30 PM

# evening sitdown

Your evening longread: What makes the ultimate Hollywood power couple

We bring you an interesting longread each evening to take your mind off the news.

21.9k

Jun 23rd 2021, 8:30 PM

# evening sitdown

Your evening longread: The joys of Raiders of the Lost Ark, 40 years on

We bring you an interesting longread each evening to take your mind off the news.

12.5k

Jun 18th 2021, 8:30 PM