I'm reading Middlemarch at the moment and had to actually sellotape a sheet of paper over the cover so I didn't have to look at this

Last year the South African government blockaded an abandoned mine where hundreds of illegal miners, mainly immigrants, were scouting for gold. This is the story of what went on in the darkness during those months, and it is haunting. www.economist.com/interactive/...

So many extraordinary details in this unforgettable in-depth account of being a hostage in Gaza - the first of our summer issue pieces. Omer became the chef of the Hamas cell that was holding him

www.economist.com/1843/2025/07...

Frogs were used in pregnancy tests until the mid 1960s