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For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off From All Human Contact, Unaware of World War II

Siberian summers do not last long. The snows linger into May, and the cold weather returns again during September, freezing the taiga into a still life awesome in its desolation: endless miles of…
PUBLISHED: Jan. 31, 2013
LENGTH: 27 minutes (6897 words)

What's the truth about fracking?

Protesters voice their opposition to fracking at Hesketh Bank, Lancashire. Photograph: Alamy "It was just like something from Nasa," says Doreen Stopforth, pointing from the front window of her…
PUBLISHED: April 17, 2012
LENGTH: 10 minutes (2722 words)

Africa's 'resource curse' throws shadow over Mozambique's energy bonanza

The shells of stylish colonial-era buildings, like shipwrecks on the ocean floor, still give Maputo a distinct character. But the capital of Mozambique no longer feels like an urban museum. Amid the…
PUBLISHED: March 27, 2012
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1990 words)

Apple's War on Android

In her black robe and strand of white pearls, Lucy Koh projects the serious, deliberate demeanor befitting a U.S. District Court judge. The Harvard-educated former federal prosecutor has served on…
PUBLISHED: March 29, 2012
LENGTH: 18 minutes (4587 words)

Mail Supremacy

On Thursday, January 19th, the front page of the Daily Mail carried a story about Sir Fred Goodwin, the former chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland. During Goodwin’s tenure, from 2000…
PUBLISHED: April 2, 2012
LENGTH: 3 minutes (990 words)

Escape from Iran: One Man's Journey From Riches to the Torture Chamber to Freedom

The story of how an Iranian businessman helped his country develop the world's largest natural gas field, got involved with the president's depraved son, and ended up fighting for his life. A guard…
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1966 words)

How older viewers are rescuing cinema

Until recently, cinemas were seen as pretty much a no-go zone for older people. There might be the occasional "silver screening" in a teatime slot, but the rest of the time noisy youngsters would…
AUTHOR:David Cox
PUBLISHED: March 8, 2012
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1934 words)
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beyond the wall of fear, a state in slow-motion collapse

Sipping tea in a smoky Damascus café, Adnan and his wife, Rima, look ordinary enough: an unobtrusive, thirtysomething couple winding down at the end of the working day in one of the tensest…
AUTHOR:Ian Black
PUBLISHED: Jan. 16, 2012
LENGTH: 11 minutes (2814 words)

Christopher Hitchens

Questioning the moral heroism of India’s most revered figure… More » The writings
LENGTH: 1 minutes (293 words)
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