While lockdowns were arguably necessary, Adam Wagner warns that when governments give themselves drastic powers, they don’t always give them back. Stephen Buranyi uncovers how Big Pharma is using its vaccine success to double down on profit rather than protect us. Gabriel Scally and Sunetra Gupta debate whether it's worth trying to eliminate Covid altogether. Plus: an interview with Carlo Rovelli, master of the universe, while Julia Bell explains how her ex-student got radicalised online.
This year, picking my way through the detritus of the storms, the plight of the jellyfish felt somehow more apt, more meaningful and perhaps a lot closer to home
One contributor says it's time to wake up to demographic reality. The other warns against anti-migrant scaremongering—and questionable economic assumptions. Who is right?
Stricken restaurants are now considering the unthinkable: taking deposits upon booking. But there's another solution that harkens back to a pre-digital age
Boris Johnson recently pledged to cut the “newt counting delays” in the British planning system. But without our county recorders, our understanding of our landscapes would plummet
It's time to ask ourselves if we’re really happy with our current approach to schooling, which so sharply affects young people’s mental wellbeing and learning