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‘I am not who you think I am’: how a deep-cover KGB spy recruited his own son

For the first time, the man the KGB codenamed ‘the Inheritor’ tells his story By Shaun Walker. Read by James Faulkner. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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  An English gentleman, a crooked lawyer: the secrets of Stephen David Jones

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  From the archive: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: three days with a giant of African li…

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  Death, divorce and the magic of kitchen objects: how to find hope in loss

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  Missing in the Amazon: the disappearance – episode 1

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  A deadly mission: how Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira tried to warn the wor…

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  From the archive: Alan Yentob: the last impresario

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  ‘We know what is happening, we cannot walk away’: how the Guardian bore wi…

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  The ancient psychedelics myth: ‘People tell tourists the stories they thin…

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  From the archive: The lost Jews of Nigeria

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  ‘We thought we could change the world’: how an idealistic fight against mi…

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  ‘All other avenues have been exhausted’: Is legal action the only way to s…

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  From the archive: Super-prime mover: Britain’s most successful estate agent

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  A year of hate: what I learned when I went undercover with the far right

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  From the archive: What lies beneath: the truth about France’s top serial k…

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  ‘Why would he take such a risk?’ How a famous Chinese author befriended hi…