Who Was Gareth Williams?
Autopsy of a spy.
The Guardian
Ray Gosling: “I Just Said It”
Why did a veteran BBC on-air personality confess on camera to a mercy killing he did not commit?
In the City of Death
In Torreón, north of Mexico City, cartel gunmen are freed from a prison, commit a massacre at a wedding that includes the band, and then return to custody.
Journeys Into History
Inside Rebecca West’s vast Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, an eerily timeless travelogue of the Balkans written on the eve of WWI.
“Paywall Will Underperform”
An interview with Clay Shirky on “why no medium has ever survived the indifference of 25-year-olds.”
Recovering from a Brain Injury
A first-person account. “If you’re the sort of person who has only ever had to deal with colds and cuts, food poisoning and the odd virus…what strikes you most is the glacial pace of recuperation.”
The Pill That Could Cure Alcoholism
How an alcoholic doctor simultaneously saved his own life and made what could be the medical breakthrough of the century.
California Schemin’
How did a pair of young rappers from Scotland, laughed off the stage for their accents, land a deal with Sony and start partying with Madonna? They pretended to be American.
We’re Lucky We Weren’t Wiped Out
The volcanic ash cloud from Eyjafjallajokull has caused travel chaos and misery. But we were lucky. An eruption in the future could wipe out the human race.
