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• Apocalypse no: how almost everything we thought we knew about the Maya is wrong

  For many years the prevailing debate about the Maya centred upon why their civilisation collapsed. Now, many scholars are asking: how did the Maya survive? By Marcus Haraldsson. Read by Diana Bermudez. Help support our independent...

  3 apr 2026 2269 sec.

• From the archive: the butcher’s shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)

  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 2020: Frank Fisher, now 90, was a traditional high street butcher his whole...

  1 apr 2026 2804 sec.

• ‘I felt betrayed, naked’: did a prize-winning novelist steal a woman’s life story?

  His novel was praised for giving a voice to the victims of Algeria’s brutal civil war. But one woman has accused Kamel Daoud of having stolen her story – and the ensuing legal battle has become about much more than literary ethics By...

  30 mrt 2026 3038 sec.