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250 years ago, a secret society was born in Ingolstadt • It promised to reshape the world • What if it did?

The Illuminati was born in Ingolstadt 250 years ago

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Dunganess's Desolation Row (Karl Smith-Eloise)

Dungeness under siege • Flat whites over fishermen • Proper posh olives

Fans assemble at Fantasty Football Fest (Richard Booth)

Secret leagues and paid consultants • A global geek economy • 'It's the Wild West'

'On board: identikit, bronze proto-Philip Greens in pressed white trousers and open shirts' (Rishi Jhajharia)

Welcome to Monaco • Sold as heaven • Priced like hell

Margaux Blanchard, the journalist who didn't exist

Dispatch rumbles AI fraud • The power of reporting • Introducing the Blanchard offer

A family pass a toddler over a fence in New Orleans on August 30, 2005. (Kathy Anderson)

I know what it means • To miss the old New Orleans • Twenty years on

A man surveys the rubble in the al-Bureij camp in Gaza

Two weeks in Gaza

Daily life • In the al-Bureij camp • Through the fog of war

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