Wherever you are in the world, it’s likely that your weekends feel a bit different to how they used to. It’s hard to capture that lazy Sunday feeling when you’re at home all the time and stress levels are high.

One way could be to change up what you read. The news cycle is frenetic at the moment, but as well as providing expert-led insight on urgent stories, The Conversation also covers discoveries from academia in depth.

We’ve put together a selection of some of our favourite reads from our collection of long-form articles – insightful and thought-provoking stories to spend time with. This roundup includes the story of a pioneering stroke treatment, new discoveries about the death of Charles Dickens and the true nature of love.

We’ve also just recorded an audio version of one of our latest long reads for our podcast series In Depth Out Loud. In a deep dive article, Christian Yates, an expert in mathematical biology, reveals what epidemiologists actually do during a pandemic to understand how a virus spreads.

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