The Guardian Summaries and Reviews

See all summaries and reviews from The Guardian at a glance.

8 Article

The high cost of living in a disabling world

For all the advances that have been made in recent decades, disabled people cannot yet participate in society ‘on an equal basis’ with others – and the pandemic has led to many protections being cruelly eroded
Jan Grue
The Guardian, 2021
7 Article

Time Millionaires

Meet the people pursuing the pleasure of leisure
Sirin Kale
The Guardian, 2021
8 Article

Bosses turn to “tattleware” to keep tabs on employees working at home

The pandemic prompted a surge in the use of workplace surveillance programs – and they’re not going away any time soon
Sandy Milne
The Guardian, 2021
8 Article

Ready to Quit Your Job?

Here Are the 17 Questions to Ask Yourself First
Elle Hunt
The Guardian, 2021
8 Article

Food Fraud and Counterfeit Cotton

The Detectives Untangling the Global Supply Chain
Samanth Subramanian
The Guardian, 2021
5 Article
Ivan Krastev and Stephen Holmes
The Guardian, 2019
8 Article

Are We Prepared for the Looming Epidemic Threat?

A dangerous virus, as yet unknown, has the potential to wipe out millions of us. Yet public health bodies are mired in complacency.
Jonathan Quick
The Guardian, 2018
8 Article

‘State capture’

The corruption investigation that has shaken South Africa
Mark Gevisser
The Guardian, 2019
8 Article

Generalise, Don’t Specialise

Why focusing too narrowly is bad for us
David J. Epstein
The Guardian, 2019
8 Article
Paul Tullis
The Guardian, 2019
8 Article

The Spectacular Power of Big Lens

How one giant company will dominate the way the whole world sees.
Sam Knight
The Guardian, 2018
8 Article
Louisa Lim and Julia Bergin
The Guardian, 2018
8 Article
Lauren Zanolli
The Guardian, 2018
9 Article

The Great African Regreening

Millions of 'Magical' New Trees Bring Renewal
Ruth Maclean
The Guardian, 2018
8 Article

A Sea Change

How One Small Island Showed Us How to Save Our Oceans
Sandra Laville
The Guardian, 2018
8 Article
Oliver Bullough
The Guardian, 2018
7 Article

“The Discourse Is Unhinged”

How the Media Gets AI Alarmingly Wrong
Oscar Schwartz
The Guardian, 2018
8 Article

Denialism

What drives people to reject the truth
Keith Kahn-Harris
The Guardian, 2018
8 Article
Oliver Bullough
The Guardian, 2018
7 Article
Moira Donegan
The Guardian, 2018
9 Article
Richard Brooks
The Guardian, 2018
8 Article

A Revolution in Our Sense of Self

In a radical reassessment of how the mind works, a leading behavioural scientist argues the idea of a deep inner life is an illusion. This is cause for celebration, he says, not despair.
Nick Chater
The Guardian, 2018
9 Article

Why We Should Bulldoze the Business School

There are 13,000 business schools on Earth. That’s 13,000 too many. And I should know – I’ve taught in them for 20 years.
Martin Parker
The Guardian, 2018
8 Article
Alfred W. McCoy
The Guardian, 2018
8 Article
Rana Dasgupta
The Guardian, 2018
8 Article

Coders of the World, Unite

Can Silicon Valley Workers Curb the Power of Big Tech?
Moira Weigel
The Guardian, 2017
8 Article
Darien Graham-Smith
The Guardian, 2017
7 Article

Barack Obama on Food and Climate Change

‘We Can Still Act and It Won’t Be Too Late’
Barack Obama
The Guardian, 2017
7 Article

Where Oil Rigs Go to Die

When a drilling platform is scheduled for destruction, it must go on a thousand-mile final journey to the breaker’s yard. As one rig proved when it crashed on to the rocks of a remote Scottish island, this is always a risky business
Tom Lamont
The Guardian, 2017
8 Article

How Technology Gets Us Hooked

From a young age, humans love to press buttons that light up and make a noise. The thrill of positive feedback lies at the heart of addiction to gambling, games, and social media
Adam Alter
The Guardian, 2017
8 Article

Why Time Management Is Ruining Our Lives

All of our efforts to be more productive backfire – and only make us feel even busier and more stressed
Oliver Burkeman
The Guardian, 2016
9 Article
Sebastian Mallaby
The Guardian, 2016
8 Article
Cathy O'Neil
The Guardian, 2016
8 Article

Inspired by Nature

The Thrilling New Science that Could Transform Medicine
Laura Parker
The Guardian, 2016
9 Article

Crash

How computers are setting us up for disaster
Tim Harford
The Guardian, 2016