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Reader view in Firefox has always worked flawlessly for me with BBC articles, including these "funky" ones. It's a godsend.

Is there a reader view/mode in Chrome, or is it only supported via extensions?

There was a recent one about soy sauce that it couldn't save me from: http://www.bbc.com/travel/gallery/20190225-a-750-year-old-ja...

Oof, yeah, that one's something else entirely. I don't tend to mind these newer formats, but I'll admit I'm not a fan of that one.