Highlighting stories by Melanie Challenger, Eve Livingston, M.R. O’Connor, Gordon Peake, and Blair Braverman.
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What Happens When Your Abuser Kills Himself?
“These women’s abusive partners died by suicide. They felt both relief and grief. The NHS didn’t know what to do with them.”
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A Graveyard Shift with Britain’s Gen Z Undertakers
“Could apprentice undertakers solve youth unemployment?”
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On Tour with the Eclipse Chasers
“They spend their lives seeking seconds of darkness.”
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Meet Britain’s Hikikomori
“A growing number of young Brits are withdrawing from society. Some don’t leave the house for months. We met their families.”
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The Brits Panning for Gold
“In remote rivers, prospectors still hunt for treasure .They even hold tournaments.”
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One Last Run
“A dispatch from the final Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, where the drinks were good, and the nature documentaries were, for the most part, sad.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
In this edition:
• Showing our age
• Special delivery
• Unfriendly wagers
• A shore thing
• Sale therapy
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The Brexit Catch
“Britain’s fishermen became the folk heroes of Brexit. In Brixham, they were promised a brighter future. Did it ever arrive?”
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What Happened to Borat’s Village?
“Sacha Baron Cohen turned Glod into a punchline.”