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The world's deadliest road

Crash: a head-on smash between two trucjs on the Dhaka to Sylhet highway. Photograph: Richard Wix for the Observer We saw the bus before we saw the rickshaw. Abandoned on the side of the road, its…
PUBLISHED: Dec. 9, 2012
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2352 words)

Growing food in the desert: is this the solution to the world's food crisis?

Desert blooms: Philipp Saumweber, the founder and CEO of Sundrop, with a tray of his “perfect” produce. Photograph: Jonathan Margolis for the Observer The scrubby desert outside Port Augusta, three…
PUBLISHED: Nov. 24, 2012
LENGTH: 12 minutes (3037 words)

Pussy Riot: will Vladimir Putin regret taking on Russia's cool women punks?

For two very full, very long days in Moscow, I have talked constantly to people about Pussy Riot. About how, back in February, three young women from a feminist punk-rock band sang a song in Moscow's…
PUBLISHED: July 29, 2012
LENGTH: 16 minutes (4203 words)

This is how racism takes root

Five of the eight men convicted of child sex abuse in Derby: Mark Adaoui, John Shaw, Stefan Godfrey, Anthony Lambert and Ijaz Ahmed. Photograph: Caters News Agency By now surely everyone knows the…
PUBLISHED: July 22, 2012
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1676 words)

One Tree Hill and me: the true cost of renting your home to a hit TV show

John J Sullivan's home is a TV star. 'Everything was not the same when we got home. The yard was full of shattered glass. The handrail more rickety. The basement a sex dungeon.' Photograph: Joel…
PUBLISHED: July 27, 2012
LENGTH: 14 minutes (3555 words)

It's a rap: hip-hop and Hollywood

Wu-Tang member Raekwon is interviewed by Ice-T in Something Out of Nothing and the subject of a rumoured biopic 'Are you the one?" asks the trailer. In March last year, the Los Angeles production…
AUTHOR:Steve Rose
PUBLISHED: July 19, 2012
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2254 words)

Syria endgame: who and what will emerge from the ruins?

The wreckage of war in Homs after 17 months of struggle agains the Assad regime. Photograph: Reuters The balance of power in Syria was changed forever on Wednesday. Inside a nondescript three-storey…
PUBLISHED: July 21, 2012
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1685 words)

Frank Ocean: the most talked-about man in music

Frank Ocean live at the Bowery Ballroom, New York in November 2011. Photograph: Chad Batka/Chad Batka/Corbis Frank Ocean has had quite the week. "Yes," he says, smiling, with a barely perceptible…
PUBLISHED: July 21, 2012
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1856 words)

Usain Bolt: 'Legends have come before me, but this is my time'

Jamaica's Usain Bolt is hoping to become the first man to defend the Olympic 100m and 200m titles at London 2012. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters "This will be the moment, and this will be the…
PUBLISHED: July 24, 2012
LENGTH: 12 minutes (3117 words)
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