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‘He was fast … he ran you right over’: what it’s like to get hit by an SUV

One Thursday afternoon, I stepped out to cross a city street – and woke up in hospital with broken bones and a brain injury. After I recovered, I started looking into why so many drivers just don’t stop. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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  Foreign mothers, foreign tongues: ‘In another universe, she could have bee…

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  From the archive: Why do people hate vegans?

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  The trials of an Indian witness: how a Muslim man was caught in a legal ni…

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  ‘I know where the bodies are buried’: one woman’s mission to change how th…

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  From the archive: Hand dryers v paper towels: the surprisingly dirty fight…

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  Baghdad memories: what the first few months of the US occupation felt like…

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  Dinner with Proust: how Alzheimer’s caregivers are pulled into their patie…

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  From the archive: How the MoD’s plan to privatise military housing ended i…

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  ‘One billionaire at a time’: inside the Swiss clinics where the super-rich…

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  From the archive: The real David Attenborough

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  No coach, no agent, no ego: the incredible story of the ‘Lionel Messi of c…

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  From the archive: Fifty shades of white: the long fight against racism in …

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  Portrait of a killer: art class in one of Mexico’s most notorious prisons

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  From the archive: Welcome to the land that no country wants

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  Can a mass shooter demand a good death? The strange case that tested the l…

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  From the archive: Snow machines and fleece blankets: inside the ski indust…