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250 years ago, a secret society was born in Ingolstadt • It promised to reshape the world • What if it did?
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How to find love in Silicon Valley
Step 1: Download an AI matchmaker • Step 2: Publish a 'Date-me doc' • Step 3: Close your laptop and go to a bar
The last of England's freeminers
Slab City's fake freedom
It's supposed to be the 'last free place in America' • In reality, it's a camp in the desert • Fuelled by drugs, crime and lawlessness
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County Sligo's Normal People
Forget Marianne and Connell • Put down your guidebook • Meet John The Map
The empty soul of Britain's Palm Springs
When the wheels come off
A broken man • Trapped in a broken system • While private companies rinse the NHS
Inside Ireland's ayahuasca retreats
Amateur shamans • Promising psychedelic salvation • But delivering psychosis
The end of the world for America
Cajun hookers and cold beer • In the Louisiana swamp • Another Venice is sinking