Featuring stories from Charlotte Bailey, Hanif Abdurraqib, Taylar Dawn Stagnar, Patrick Madden, and Kevin Chroust.
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‘Why I Might Have Done What I Did’: Conversations With Ireland’s Most Notorious Murderer
“Malcolm Macarthur was the wealthy, bookish socialite who shocked Ireland with a brutal double killing in 1982. I tracked him down and heard the tale he told about himself.”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week we have stories from Christopher Johnston and Erin Quinlan, Dan McQuade, Crystal Wilkinson, Simon Akam, and Nicholson Baker.
‘Bees are Sentient’: Inside the Stunning Brains of Nature’s Hardest Workers
“‘Fringe’ research suggests the insects that are essential to agriculture have emotions, dreams and even PTSD, raising complex ethical questions.”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week we’re showcasing stories from Mari Cohen, Brenna Ehrlich, Grace Glassman, Tad Friend, and Imogen West-Knights.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Featuring notable stories by Bridget Read, Oscar Schwartz, Mosab Abu Toha, Sierra Bellows, and Stuart Heritage.
‘How Do You Reduce a National Dish to a Powder?’: The Weird, Secretive World of Crisp Flavors
“Why can you buy lasagne flavour snacks in Thailand but not in Italy? Which country can cope with the hottest chili? And why do Germans like paprika so much?”
‘One Billionaire at a Time’: Inside the Swiss Clinics Where the Super-Rich Go For Rehab
“For the ultra-wealthy and the super-famous, regular therapy won’t do.”
“A Certain Danger Lurks There”
“How the inventor of the first chatbot turned against AI.”
‘Dad Said: We’re Going to Follow Captain Cook’: How an Endless Round-the-World Voyage Stole My Childhood
“In 1976, Suzanne Heywood’s father decided to take the family on a three-year sailing ‘adventure’ – and then just kept going. It was a journey into fear, isolation and danger.”

