In case you missed it ... Guardian and Observer long reads of the week

We publish a lot of stories here on guardian.co.uk. On an average day, around 400 stories are launched by our editorial team and sometimes you might miss some of the best ones if you don't check the site regularly. So, for the last year, we've been running an experiment using data from Guardian Zeitgeist to find the long stories which our users are spending the most time reading - and then using the Guardian Open Platform to republish these stories on a site called thelonggoodread.com . We have even experimented with turning these stories into a newspaper . Two new stories are added to The Long Good Read each day which have recently been published and then enjoyed on guardian.co.uk - and you can visit the Long Good Read site , subscribe via RSS or follow @TheLongGoodRead on Twitter to receive these daily recommendations. So here - in case you missed them - are this week's most enjoyed long stories from the Guardian and the Observer, as featured on thelonggoodread.com : Fatou Bensouda: the woman who could redeem the international criminal court ICC's new chief prosecutor must resolve standoff with Libya and bring relations with Africa back from breaking point Julien Temple: the dark side of Glastonbury There is no festival this year. But luckily, the director has made a film about the 'frightening, liberating' world of the festival's Shangri-La area The Shard: Renzo Piano's great glass elevator It has transformed the London skyline, but the giant Shard faced hostility all the way. Its Italian architect Renzo Piano meets Steve Rose on the eighth floor – and answers his critics Vicky McClure: 'I cannot see her taking any more damage' Playing troubled Lol in This is England won Vicky McClure a Bafta and a raft of new roles. Here she talks about the 'psychological nightmare' of working with director Shane Meadows Public spaces in Britain's cities fall into private hands Projects such as London's new outdoor space, Granary Square at King's Cross, favour business over community, say critics Why our food is making us fat We are, on average, 3st heavier than we were in the 60s. And not because we're eating more or exercising less – we just unwittingly became sugar addicts Uncomfortable in our skin: the body-image report More of us than ever hate the way that we look. It's making us anxious, unhealthy and disempowered. A special report on the pressures distorting the way we think and feel Robert Caro: a life with LBJ and the pursuit of power It has (so far) taken Pulitzer-winning biographer Robert Caro 36 years to get to the heart of America's last great reformer, Lyndon B Johnson. In the process he's become a world authority on the nature of power, and how to use it iOS v Android: why Schmidt was wrong and developers still start on Apple Google's chairman predicted six months ago that app developers would start on Android first rather than Apple's iOS - but they haven't. Why not? And why do iPhone users update so quickly? Back to the workhouse In all the debate about jubilee stewards sleeping under bridges, one big fact is being overlooked – Britain's army of unpaid labour is growing bigger each month Why Japan prefers pets to parenthood As Japan's birthrate plummets, the estimated worth of its pet industry has risen to $10bn, with pampered pooches enjoying holidays at hot spring resorts, yoga classes and designer clothes Gordon Ramsay: appetite for destruction He has turned fellow chefs into enemies, declared war on his father-in-law and lost a fortune opening too many restaurants. What's Gordon Ramsay's beef, wonders Decca Aitkenhead • For twice daily recommendations of great Guardian and Observer features, visit thelonggoodread.com or follow @TheLongGoodRead on Twitter