A storm in Texas
The church slow to offer shelter
Why did America’s biggest megachurch take so long to shelter victims of Tropical Storm Harvey? Its spokesman dismissed “haters” who he says dislike Joel Osteen, the pastor facing widespread criticism
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The Muslim fostering row
Pity the families who unwittingly get caught up in these politically charged stories. They need help, but end up as collateral damage, writes Gaby Hinsliff
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Sea prayer
A 360 story inspired by Alan Kurdi
Award-winning novelist Khaled Hosseini commemorates the second anniversary of the death of the three-year-old Syrian refugee Alan Kurdi with an illustrated story animated in a virtual reality film
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My week in Lucky House
The horror of Hong Kong’s coffin homes
Benjamin Haas joins the retirees, working poor, drug addicts and convicted criminals who live crammed into Hong Kong’s tiny plywood cubicles
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'We knew it was a sham'
A family’s pursuit of their daughter’s killer
When Susan Nicholson was found dead on her sofa in 2011, the police decided it was an accident, even though a previous partner of her boyfriend, Robert Trigg, had died in similar circumstances
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Tight squeeze
Why muscly men love skinny jeans
Gym life, Instagram and the male cast of Love Island have all cemented the unceasing trend for neo-jeggings. Will it ever wear off?
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Beatings and Bible study
After her childhood in a secretive cult founded by her grandfather, Lilia Tarawa risked hellfire and damnation to escape. She shares a slice of her life at Gloriavale Christian Community in New Zealand
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Parasite architecture
Spanish designer Fernando Abellanas has built a workspace that clings to the underbelly of a major overpass in Valenica, and slides on rollers from one side to the other
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Swinging London, then and now
The summer of love 50 years on
Photographer David Levene hits the streets of London to rephotograph some of the capital’s locations to see how much they have changed since 1967
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The fizz falls flat
Seven reasons to quit prosecco
Women, in particular, have been warned against the aesthetic dangers of downing too much prosecco. But it’s not the only reason to quit the fizz
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