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I launched Cuba’s first independent magazine. And that’s when my troubles began

My friends and I wanted to tell the story of Cuban life, without interference. Before long, I was being isolated, monitored and interrogated By Abraham Jiménez Enoa. Read by Sebastián Capitán Viveros A version of this essay was previously published in the Dial under the title The ...  Show more

 . 42min 20sec

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I launched Cuba’s first independent magazine. And that’s when my troubles began

My friends and I wanted to tell the story of Cuban life, without interference. Before long, I was being isolated, monitored and interrogated By Abraham Jiménez Enoa. Read by Sebastián Capitán Viveros A version of this essay was previously published in the Dial under the title The ...  Show more

 . 42min 20sec
From the archive: Flour power: meet the bread heads baking a better loaf

We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2019: The days of the mass-produced pappy white British supermarket loaf may be numbered. Meet the bread heads revolutionising ...  Show more

 . 38min 30sec
‘They take you out of life, out of time’: a journey into Spain’s astonishing cave paintings

For tens of thousands of years, these Palaeolithic artworks were unseen. When they were rediscovered, onlookers marvelled at their vivid beauty. One of the world’s leading experts took me up close Written and read by Stephen Phelan. Help support our independent journalism at theg ...  Show more

 . 32min 17sec
Ping-pong sponges, ‘black smokers’ and floating somethings: the secrets of the deep sea

The bottom of the ocean has barely been explored, but every journey to the deep reveals wondrous new lifeforms. As underwater mining gains momentum, we risk destroying one of Earth’s last great wildernesses By Jacob Mikanowski. Read by Lincoln Conway. Help support our independent ...  Show more

 . 29min 40sec
From the archive: No coach, no agent, no ego: the incredible story of the ‘Lionel Messi of cliff diving’

We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2023: Gary Hunt is an enigma. He trains with the intensity of a modern athlete, but relaxes like a sportsman of a bygone era. ...  Show more

 . 45min 10sec