Why delaying the 21 June unlocking is such a political headache for Boris Johnson
If the Delta variant is ruining the UK’s path out of lockdown, the blame for that lies at the Prime Minister’s…
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Covid-19: the Stolen Years
Data journalist Ben Van De Merwe on his exclusive research revealing the years of life lost to Covid in the UK
Long-distance love: The couples torn apart by Covid
Across the world, thousands of binational couples and families separated by international coronavirus travel restrictions long to be reunited.
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There’s an evolutionary explanation for our irrational fears over vaccines
Injecting a mysterious substance into the body feels unsettling, and this feeling can’t be effectively countered with smug, technocratic messaging.
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Life on pause: How the pandemic stole our sense of time
While we’ve been “waiting out” the pandemic, time has marched on. It is no wonder our perceptions of ageing have become skewed…
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What will nightlife look like after the pandemic?
From German unification to post-Franco Spain, periods of rapid release and liberalisation have often caused Europe’s culture to flourish. Can it…
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How sewage testing can help tackle the spread of Covid-19
Try this one weird trick to track the pandemic.
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How the EU’s naivety led to its vaccine debacle
The threatened EU export ban on vaccines is an overdue response to protectionism elsewhere, but it may come to late…
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