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John McAvoy sat in a holding cell in Belmarsh prison, waiting to be processed, plotting his escape. It was 2007, he was 24, and he had…

Engineer John Logie Baird used ventriloquist dummies in early experiments of his invention: the television.Credit: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis via GettyLong before modern technology, the principle of the…

Eighty Years on the EdgeIn the August issue, Atlantic contributors examined the past eight decades of life in the Atomic Age.Explore the October 2025 IssueCheck out…

There are times on The Long Wave desk when a conversation sparks a sort of group therapy session. A few weeks ago, Jason came back from…

I haven’t slept for seven-and-a-half years – at least, it feels that way. The TV, rotating between Bluey, The Wiggles and K-pop Demon Hunters (when the…

The first thing Raymond Martin looks for in a toilet, he says, is cleanliness. Does the tissue paper on the floor mean this public lavatory has…

The Royal Society was right to keep Elon Musk as a fellow, the UK’s new astronomer royal has said, adding there was a benefit to the…

The population of England and Wales has grown by the second largest annual increase in more than 75 years, largely due to international migration.Figures from the…

The most famous enslaver in Jamaica, the island that was one of the most profitable of Britain’s Caribbean colonies, is a ghost. One of the tellings…

Many nations already enshrine a right not to be defrauded, and even a right not to be deceived. If a company sells you a new medicine, falsely…