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April 22, 2012 5:10 AM

The Long Good Read presents two articles daily from The Guardian website selected from those featured on Guardian Zeitgeist that users spent the most time reading.
posted by fearfulsymmetry (5 comments total)

Man, I love The Guardian, and wish Australia had a paper (hell, even a weekly) that even approached being half as good as that thing. This looks like a great resource, thanks fearfulsymmetry!
posted by tumid dahlia at 5:55 AM on April 22, 2012

Now I have a crush on Barbara Ellen.
posted by Brocktoon at 6:48 AM on April 22, 2012

I read the first page, and already I want to start an argument. That's good writing!
posted by SPrintF at 8:30 AM on April 22, 2012 [2 favorites]

The Long Good Read is a nice idea but in practice, the articles that tend to end up there are things like "Best Macaroni and Cheese recipe" and softer, less interesting things (though it's been a little better lately, and has turned up some great stuff, perhaps it's only recently started getting human intervention). I've been following it since it was started about a year and a half ago (its creator @-d me on Twitter, because I run one of the popular long-things-to-read sites) and have only got maybe a couple of things a week worth even a second look out of it. I stay subscribed though, because I love the idea. More things like this, media.
posted by nostrich at 9:02 AM on April 22, 2012 [1 favorite]

I also wish they didn't reprint each article in full on the index page. Makes it such a pain to scroll.
posted by nostrich at 9:03 AM on April 22, 2012