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Wednesday 11 November 2026No. 17Specials sectionBack to the front page

Specials

Every special of the Wire stays here, newest first. 2 specials.

Pyramiden in 1990: the Lenin bust, apartment blocks and the Nordenskiöld glacier behind.

Special

Russia on Svalbard

People, coal, the treaty and the plans, in maps, numbers and archive pictures.

Photo: Mozzihh, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A caped trick-or-treater with a torch, drawn for the film.

Seasonal special

Safe trick-or-treating

The fire service's Halloween advice, in seven short scenes.