Every year, it seems like the world gets even worse and the Guardian publishes a hundred long reads about it. In fact, we publish 150 long reads each year – there are three every single week! But for those of you who can’t spare that kind of time, we have chosen our 20 best articles of 2017 – designed to provide you with at least a few hours of excellent holiday reading. Being Donald Trump: the life of an impersonator – Jordan KisnerJohn Di Domenico has been playing Donald Trump longer than anyone else – except Trump himself. • Follow the Long Read on Twitter at @gdnlongread, or sign up to the long read weekly email here.

Source: The Guardian December 26, 2017 06:56 UTC