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Loading…From Lagos to Winchester: how a divisive Nigerian pastor built a global following
I first encountered TB Joshua as a teenager, when his preaching captivated my evangelical Christian community in Hampshire. Many of my friends became his ardent disciples and followed him to Lagos. How did he have such a hold over people?
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The rise and fall of the British cult that hid in plain sight
Philippa Barnes was a child when her family joined the Jesus Fellowship. As an adult, she helped expose the shocking scale of abuse it had perpetrated
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The Greatest Fans on Earth
A startup soccer team in Dortmund once gave the steelworkers and coalminers of this hardscrabble German city something to live for. A century later, their die-hard descendants are still bleeding black and yellow.
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Meet the Obsessive Role-Players Who Live Inside the World of Grand Theft Auto
Renegade developers co-opted this controversial video game’s source code to build a complex alternate universe where breaking character is the cardinal sin. Millions tune in to watch.
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Chamber Pots and Candlelight: Meet the Families Who Live Off the Grid on a Remote French Island
An isolated bay in Brittany has been home to monks, a Nobel Prize winner, even Charles Lindbergh. Today, there’s still no electricity or running water and the inhabitants have no plans to change that.
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Call for Pitches: Heart of the Matter
Our new collab with Creative Nonfiction explores the heart from all angles: your epic heartbreak, what you’ve done for love or an incredible life-saving procedure involving that organ in your chest.
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Our House Will Flood Again. And Again. Here’s Why We Refuse to Leave.
After Jared Bilski’s home took on four feet of water in a hurricane, he and his wife decided to rebuild—despite the threat of more extreme weather. They’re far from the only ones who will never flee.