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# longread

This year
2023
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.
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.
Last year
2022
Sitdown Sunday: Stolen identity, chatbots, and a Patti Smith interview
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Sitdown Sunday: Inside Russia's vast surveillance state
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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.
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.
Sitdown Sunday: Inside Boris Johnson's money network
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Sitdown Sunday: The inside story of Ukraine's World Cup qualifier victory
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Sitdown Sunday: What did the ancient Maya see in the stars?
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Sitdown Sunday: The rise of buy now, pay later apps
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Sitdown Sunday: Al Pacino on his role in the gamechanging film The Godfather
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Sitdown Sunday: How Anna Delvey's cons got uncovered
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Sitdown Sunday: The tourists who experience 'India syndrome' after falling in love with the country
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All time
Sitdown Sunday: He spent 59 years in prison - and is fighting to prove his innocence
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Sitdown Sunday: A road trip with Ireland's most exciting hip hop acts
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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.
Sitdown Sunday: The real life Succession
Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
Your Evening Longread: The invisible work of disabled people
We bring you an interesting longread each evening to take your mind off the news.
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.
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.
Sitdown Sunday: The man who lived in an airport for 15 years
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Sitdown Sunday: The murders down the hall
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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.
Sitdown Sunday: The hunt for the thieves behind a massive jewel heist
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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.
Your evening longread: Do deadlines work?
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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.
Your evening longread: How a Twitter thread was transformed into a critically-acclaimed movie
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Your evening longread: Why I'm glad I'm an overthinker
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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.
Sitdown Sunday: The dream jobs that were actually nightmares
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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.
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.
Your evening longread: Daniel Morgan - Britain's most-investigated unsolved murder
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Your evening longread: The fake wedding and $250k scam
We bring you an interesting longread each evening to take your mind off the news.
Sitdown Sunday: What Britney said about her controversial conservatorship
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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.
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.
Your evening longread: What makes the ultimate Hollywood power couple
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Your evening longread: The joys of Raiders of the Lost Ark, 40 years on
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