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During the siege of Leningrad, botanists in charge of an irreplaceable seed collection had to protect it from fire, rodents – and hunger theguardian.com/world/2024/n…

The inspiring scientists who saved the world’s first seed bank

The long read: During the siege of Leningrad, botanists in charge of an irreplaceable seed collection had to protect it from fire, rodents – and hunger

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A short thread of our long reads on assisted dying: 1. Death on demand: has euthanasia gone too far? by Christopher de Bellaigue theguardian.com/news/2019/ja…

Death on demand: has euthanasia gone too far?

The long read: Countries around the world are making it easier to choose the time and manner of your death. But doctors in the world’s euthanasia capital are starting to worry about the consequences

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3. ‘My death is not my own’: the limits of legal euthanasia theguardian.com/news/2018/au…

‘My death is not my own’: the limits of legal euthanasia

The long read: Henk Blanken knows Parkinson’s disease might one day take him past the point at which he wants to carry on. Dutch law says it is legal for a doctor to help him die when the time comes...

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4. Can a mass shooter demand a good death? The strange case that tested the limits of justice, by @gilestremlett theguardian.com/world/2023/f…

Can a mass shooter demand a good death? The strange case that tested the limits of justice

The long read: In 2021, a security guard in Spain stormed into his workplace and shot four people. He was caught, badly injured, and a trial was set – but his victims would never get to see him...

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this makes for painful reading--but it should be read. thank you to Longreads for continuing to provide such important essays, articles, memoirs.
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“Others were heroes, he was not. Again and again he sees himself pushing, crushing, trampling. This film will run over and over in his head until the day he dies. He’s ashamed. That’s why he’s here.” @guardian theguardian.com/world/2024/n…

Inside the Paris attacks trial: ‘A man stood up and said: “Stop it, what are you doing?” One of the...

The long read: On 13 November 2015, 130 people were murdered by Islamist extremists. Six years later, the trial began. I attended court every day to try to understand the killers’ motivations and...

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The inspiring scientists who saved the world’s first seed bank, by @SimonParkin theguardian.com/world/2024/n…

The inspiring scientists who saved the world’s first seed bank

The long read: During the siege of Leningrad, botanists in charge of an irreplaceable seed collection had to protect it from fire, rodents – and hunger

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On 13 November 2015, 130 people were murdered in Paris by Islamist extremists. Six years later, the trial began. Emmanuel Carrère attended court every day to try to understand the killers and hear from those whose lives had been irrevocably changed theguardian.com/world/2024/n…

Inside the Paris attacks trial: ‘A man stood up and said: “Stop it, what are you doing?” One of the...

The long read: On 13 November 2015, 130 people were murdered by Islamist extremists. Six years later, the trial began. I attended court every day to try to understand the killers’ motivations and...

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Emmanuel Carrère inside the Paris attacks trial: 'A man stood up and said: "Stop it. What are you doing?" One of the killers shot him' theguardian.com/world/2024/n…

Inside the Paris attacks trial: ‘A man stood up and said: “Stop it, what are you doing?” One of the...

The long read: On 13 November 2015, 130 people were murdered by Islamist extremists. Six years later, the trial began. I attended court every day to try to understand the killers’ motivations and...

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Inside the Paris attacks trial, by Emmanuel Carrère theguardian.com/world/2024/n…

Inside the Paris attacks trial: ‘A man stood up and said: “Stop it, what are you doing?” One of the...

The long read: On 13 November 2015, 130 people were murdered by Islamist extremists. Six years later, the trial began. I attended court every day to try to understand the killers’ motivations and...

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From our archive: The terror of living under siege as a child, by @ZarlashtH theguardian.com/world/2023/o…

‘I remember the silence between the falling shells’: the terror of living under siege as a child

The long read: I was 10 years old in 1992 when Kabul was bombarded by warring forces, and life became a cycle of hunger, fear and horror. Then as now, children bear the brunt of war

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Over the past 20 years, the symbol of remembrance for the war dead has become increasingly ubiquitous – and a culture of poppy policing has grown with it theguardian.com/uk-news/2024…

Has poppymania gone too far?

The long read: Over the past 20 years, the symbol of remembrance for the war dead has become increasingly ubiquitous – and a culture of poppy policing has grown with it

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Has poppymania gone too far? by @samirashackle theguardian.com/uk-news/2024…

Has poppymania gone too far?

The long read: Over the past 20 years, the symbol of remembrance for the war dead has become increasingly ubiquitous – and a culture of poppy policing has grown with it

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The most read piece from our archive over the past week: How to move a country: Fiji’s radical plan to escape rising sea levels, by @MsKateLyons theguardian.com/environment/…

How to move a country: Fiji’s radical plan to escape rising sea levels

In Fiji, the climate crisis means dozens of villages could soon be underwater. Relocating so many communities is an epic undertaking. But now there is a plan – and the rest of the world is watching

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My longread on ‘The Mountain’ - Palestinian journalist Wael Al Dahdouh, and the killings of Palestinian journalists and their families in Gaza. theguardian.com/world/2024/o…

‘I couldn’t cry over my children like everyone else’: the tragedy of Palestinian journalist Wael...

The long read: After his wife and two of his children were killed in Gaza, Al Jazeera journalist Wael al-Dahdouh became famous around the world for his decision to keep reporting. But this was just...

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Canada's deputy foreign minister has publicly accused India's home minister Amit Shah of being behind a recent series of plots to murder Sikh separatists on Canadian soil. Who is Amit Shah? Read this definitive profile to find out theguardian.com/world/articl…

‘He likes scaring people’: how Modi’s right-hand man, Amit Shah, runs India

The long read: For 40 years, Amit Shah has been at Narendra Modi’s side – his confidant, consigliere and enforcer. Today he is India’s second-most powerful man, and he is reshaping the country in...

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After his wife and two of his children were killed in Gaza, Al Jazeera journalist Wael al-Dahdouh became famous around the world for his decision to keep reporting. But this was just the start of his heartbreaking journey theguardian.com/world/2024/o…

‘I couldn’t cry over my children like everyone else’: the tragedy of Palestinian journalist Wael...

The long read: After his wife and two of his children were killed in Gaza, Al Jazeera journalist Wael al-Dahdouh became famous around the world for his decision to keep reporting. But this was just...

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"I couldn’t cry over my children like everyone else": the tragedy of Palestinian journalist Wael al-Dahdouh, by @NesrineMalik theguardian.com/world/2024/o…

‘I couldn’t cry over my children like everyone else’: the tragedy of Palestinian journalist Wael...

The long read: After his wife and two of his children were killed in Gaza, Al Jazeera journalist Wael al-Dahdouh became famous around the world for his decision to keep reporting. But this was just...

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