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Ralph Fiennes: 'I get angry easily, but I repress it'

Ralph Fiennes photographed in the chapel of the House of St Barnabas, Soho, London. Photograph: Suki Dhanda for the Observer Ralph Fiennes could have been a diplomat
PUBLISHED: Nov. 18, 2012
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2173 words)

Long reads of the week: Javier Bardem, Tim Burton, David Cameron, BB King and online passwords

The Long Good Read in newspaper form. Photo: Dan Catt/Flickr We publish a lot of stories here on guardian.co.uk. On an average day, around 400 stories are launched by our editorial team and sometimes…
PUBLISHED: Oct. 19, 2012
LENGTH: 2 minutes (713 words)

Muse: 'We like pushing it as far as we can'

Muse on stage in Oslo, 25 October 2009. Photograph: Andy Hall for the Observer Ever since the early days of Muse, frontman Matt Bellamy and drummer Dom Howard have shared a running joke about…
PUBLISHED: Sept. 30, 2012
LENGTH: 10 minutes (2653 words)

Can MDMA help to cure depression?

Drug test: Lionel Shriver prepares to have an MRI scan after taking MDMA or a placebo. Photograph: Channel 4 The patient sits on a hospital gurney. The doctor asks how she feels, takes her blood…
PUBLISHED: Sept. 15, 2012
LENGTH: 10 minutes (2564 words)

The drugs don't work: a modern medical scandal

Drugs are tested by their manufacturers, in poorly designed trials, on hopelessly small numbers of weird, unrepresentative patients, and analysed using techniques that exaggerate the benefits.…
PUBLISHED: Sept. 21, 2012
LENGTH: 16 minutes (4207 words)

Anonymous: behind the masks of the cyber insurgents

Protesters carrying an Anonymous UK banner outside St Paul's Cathedral in London, in October 2011. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA Spalding railway station in Lincolnshire is not a big place. It takes me…
PUBLISHED: Sept. 8, 2012
LENGTH: 17 minutes (4339 words)

Philosophy v science: which can answer the big questions of life?

Does philosophy or science have all the big answers? Julian Baggini No one who has understood even a fraction of what science has told us about the universe can fail to be in awe of both the cosmos…
PUBLISHED: Sept. 9, 2012
LENGTH: 11 minutes (2808 words)

Roxy Music: the band that broke the sound barrier

Roxy Music in their glam pomp. "The Perfect Guitarist" Buy the CD
PUBLISHED: Sept. 2, 2012
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2113 words)

The xx: 'It's abnormal for bands to share so much'

The xx at the Chateau Marmont hotel in Los Angeles. Photograph: Jamie-James Medina for the Observer Romy Madley Croft doesn't leave proper fingerprints, and what whorls and ridges the 23-year-old has…
AUTHOR:Tom Lamont
PUBLISHED: Sept. 2, 2012
LENGTH: 15 minutes (3775 words)
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