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From the archive: Leave no trace: how a teenage hacker lost himself online

We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2021: Edwin Robbe had a troubled life, but found excitement and purpose by joining an audacious community of hackers. Then the real world caught up with his online activities By Huib Modderkolk. Read by Aaron Vodovoz. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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  What training my chaotic dog taught me about power, control – and human be…

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  Pinker’s progress: the celebrity scientist at the centre of the culture wa…

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  Saint Levant: the pop star from Gaza caught between passionate fandom and …

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  ‘There’s this deep mystery of what, actually, is this thing?’: the philoso…

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  From the archive: Battle of the botanic garden: the horticulture war roili…

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  ‘Navigating the unknown together’: me and my idiot AI boyfriend

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  ‘He liked that people were scared of him’: my year unpicking fantasy and r…

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  How did Mexico’s president become the world’s most popular leftwing leader?

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  I launched Cuba’s first independent magazine. And that’s when my troubles …

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  From the archive: Flour power: meet the bread heads baking a better loaf

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  ‘They take you out of life, out of time’: a journey into Spain’s astonishi…

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  Ping-pong sponges, ‘black smokers’ and floating somethings: the secrets of…

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  From the archive: No coach, no agent, no ego: the incredible story of the …

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  ‘Seriously the best boss ever’: inside the world of Jeffrey Epstein’s assi…

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  ‘The devil’s child’: the rise and fall of the only female yakuza