World Prince: what drives Emmanuel Macron’s global ambitions? – Audio Long Reads
How the French president became the most powerful leader in Europe.
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Are ‘Substackademics’ the new public intellectuals? – Audio Long Reads
Roy Jenkins, while serving as president of the European Commission, used to spend his mornings writing. The heads of state…
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Era of the rogue superpower: what Trump’s bid means for the US, Russia and China – Audio Long Reads
Will Trumpism survive a changing world order?
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Margaret Atwood: why I don’t write utopias – Audio Long Reads
The Booker winner’s speculative novels imagine bleaker futures. Why not create something more optimistic?
The ADHD decade: what’s behind the surge in adult diagnoses? – Audio Long Reads
The number of adults being diagnosed with ADHD – a condition once reserved for “problem children” – is booming, yet…
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Britain after a nuclear attack: the BBC film that shocked a generation – Audio Long Reads
Inspired by the leaked Protect and Survive films, in 1984 a BBC team set out to create a relentlessly accurate…
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Rebecca Solnit on hope, despair and climate action – Audio Long Reads
Those facing flood and fire can’t afford to lose hope. Neither should we.
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Grayson Perry on the rise and fall of Default Man – Audio Long Reads
How did he take control - and how can he be dethroned?
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