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Battle of the botanic garden: the horticulture war roiling the Isle of Wight

When a US businessman took over a beloved garden a decade ago, he decided on a radical new approach, all in the name of sustainability. But angry critics claim it’s just plain neglect. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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  How Facebook and Instagram became marketplaces for child sex trafficking

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  ‘I feel like I’m selling my soul’: inside the crisis at Juventus

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  From the archive: How ultra-processed food took over your shopping basket

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  Sleeping beauties: the evolutionary innovations that wait millions of year…

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  Sudan’s outsider: how a paramilitary leader fell out with the army and plu…

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  From the archive: Cod wars to food banks: how a Lancashire fishing town is…

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  Are coincidences real?

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  ‘The torture’s real. The time I did was real’: the Belfast man waterboarde…

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  From the archive: Are your tinned tomatoes picked by slave labour?

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  Will flying ever be green?

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  How Deborah Levy can change your life

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  From the archive: My four miscarriages: why is losing a pregnancy so shrou…

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  Putin, Trump, Ukraine: how Timothy Snyder became the leading interpreter o…

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  The impossible job: inside the world of Premier League referees