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# longread

This year
2023
Sitdown Sunday: The man who repairs the world's most expensive violins
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Jan 29th 2023, 9:00 AM
Sitdown Sunday: The romance novelist who faked her own death
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Jan 22nd 2023, 9:00 AM
Last year
2022
Sitdown Sunday: Stolen identity, chatbots, and a Patti Smith interview
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Dec 18th 2022, 9:00 AM
Sitdown Sunday: Inside Russia's vast surveillance state
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Sep 25th 2022, 9:00 AM
Sitdown Sunday: How the Don't Worry Darling drama captured the internet
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Sep 11th 2022, 9:00 AM
The Explainer: How have abortion laws changed in the US since Roe V Wade was overturned?
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Sep 1st 2022, 6:00 PM
Sitdown Sunday: Inside Boris Johnson's money network
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Jul 10th 2022, 9:00 AM
Sitdown Sunday: The inside story of Ukraine's World Cup qualifier victory
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Jun 12th 2022, 9:00 AM
Sitdown Sunday: What did the ancient Maya see in the stars?
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Jun 5th 2022, 9:00 AM
Sitdown Sunday: The rise of buy now, pay later apps
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May 15th 2022, 9:00 AM
Sitdown Sunday: Al Pacino on his role in the gamechanging film The Godfather
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Mar 13th 2022, 9:00 AM
Sitdown Sunday: How Anna Delvey's cons got uncovered
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Feb 13th 2022, 9:00 AM
Sitdown Sunday: The tourists who experience 'India syndrome' after falling in love with the country
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Jan 16th 2022, 9:00 AM
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Sitdown Sunday: He spent 59 years in prison - and is fighting to prove his innocence
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Dec 19th 2021, 9:00 AM
Sitdown Sunday: A road trip with Ireland's most exciting hip hop acts
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Dec 5th 2021, 9:00 AM
Your Evening Longread: How people are making millions selling NFTs
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Nov 8th 2021, 8:00 PM
Sitdown Sunday: The real life Succession
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Nov 7th 2021, 9:00 AM
Your Evening Longread: The invisible work of disabled people
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Nov 4th 2021, 8:00 PM
Your Evening Longread: How Korean music, TV and film conquered the world
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Nov 3rd 2021, 8:00 PM
Your Evening Longread: What we learn when we unfreeze the Ice Age
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Oct 29th 2021, 8:00 PM
Sitdown Sunday: The man who lived in an airport for 15 years
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Oct 24th 2021, 9:00 AM
Sitdown Sunday: The murders down the hall
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Oct 17th 2021, 9:00 AM
Your Evening Longread: The global links of the Kinahan crime gang
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Oct 15th 2021, 8:00 PM
Sitdown Sunday: The hunt for the thieves behind a massive jewel heist
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Aug 29th 2021, 9:00 AM
Your evening longread: One woman's fight to prove she exists
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Jul 12th 2021, 8:30 PM
Your evening longread: Do deadlines work?
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Jul 9th 2021, 8:30 PM
Your evening longread: Investigating a yoga school for sexual crimes
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Jul 8th 2021, 8:30 PM
Your evening longread: How a Twitter thread was transformed into a critically-acclaimed movie
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Jul 7th 2021, 8:30 PM
Your evening longread: Why I'm glad I'm an overthinker
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Jul 6th 2021, 8:30 PM
Your evening longread: How the US Pentagon started taking UFOs seriously
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Jul 5th 2021, 8:30 PM
Sitdown Sunday: The dream jobs that were actually nightmares
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Jul 4th 2021, 9:00 AM
Your evening longread: The fans who think Joe Rogan is an underground star
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Jul 2nd 2021, 8:30 PM
Your evening longread: Tilda Swinton on her career and pushing boundaries
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Jul 1st 2021, 8:30 PM
Your evening longread: Daniel Morgan - Britain's most-investigated unsolved murder
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Jun 30th 2021, 8:30 PM
Your evening longread: The fake wedding and $250k scam
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Jun 29th 2021, 8:30 PM
Sitdown Sunday: What Britney said about her controversial conservatorship
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Jun 27th 2021, 9:00 AM
Your evening longread: The MCU gets its first major queer character
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Jun 25th 2021, 8:30 PM
Your evening longread: The revolt against liberalism in Poland and Hungary
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Jun 24th 2021, 8:30 PM
Your evening longread: What makes the ultimate Hollywood power couple
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Jun 23rd 2021, 8:30 PM
Your evening longread: The joys of Raiders of the Lost Ark, 40 years on
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