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This back holiday Monday, we wanted to share with you some of the great writing from the Times and Sunday Times.

There's so much in there.

Exclusive interviews, behind-the-scenes adventures, and personal stories from people from all walks of life.

Today we bring you this dispatch from Sulphur Springs in Texas by Bevan Hurley,

one of the senior reporters of the Times and Sunday Times based in the US, read by me, Edward Drummond.

Meet the man selling Doom to Zuckerberg and the Tate Brothers. Ron Hubbard is the biggest builder of underground bunkers,

giving security to wealthy buyers who fear the world is coming to an end,

and business is booming.

On a blazing hot August afternoon in Texas's Tornado All alley, tradesmen hustled to put the finishing touches on a sprawling ranch house.

From the outside, the four-bedroom, three-bathroom home looks every inch to the classic lone star homestead.

But inside, tucked behind a bookcase in the living room, a secret entrance opens onto a stairwell that descends into the earth.

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