Covid-19 may stay with us forever
Many scientists expect that Covid-19 will become an endemic disease. Does that mean accepting some deaths as inevitable?Continue Reading
2021-09-28
Why the UK childcare system is at breaking point
Over the last ten years, formal childcare in the UK has steadily become unaffordable for most parents. Recent reports on a UK web-based parent survey undertaken this summer by Mumsnet (in partnership with other parenting and campaigning organisations) have honed in on some startling figures. Of the 2,047 respondents MumsnetContinue Reading
2021-09-28
Global Britain is becoming a stooge of the US
The scenes as American and British troops withdrew from Afghanistan were heartbreaking. People desperate to leave the country they love, offering up their children for transportation to a more peaceful country, being crushed to death for a chance at freedom. Those horrific scenes were also visual confirmation of Britain’s waningContinue Reading
2021-09-27
Germany election: Olaf Scholz’s social democrats come out on top but smaller parties hold the key to government
Election night in Germany proved inconclusive. There were some clear winners and losers, but not such that we can be sure of the shape of the next German government. The social democratic SPD came out on top, crowning a remarkable turnaround in its fortunes. In 2017, it bagged the worstContinue Reading
2021-09-27
Hossam Metwally case: how exorcism can become a cover for domestic abuse
Tinnakorn jorruang/Shutterstock The sentencing of Hossam Metwally for poisoning his partner, Kelly Wilson, in a series of “exorcisms” was always likely to attract attention. The former NHS anaesthetist from Grimsby in the east of England has been jailed for 14 and a half years for what a judge described asContinue Reading
2021-09-27
‘We need to get the word out there’ – Irish long Covid patients share their stories
For many, long Covid is just something they have read or heard about in passing but people all across the country are suffering with the condition and the uncertainty it brings. As doctors and researchers learn more about Covid and its long-term impact, it’s hoped more breakthroughs will be madeContinue Reading
2021-09-26
Nike’s Vaporfly edge isn’t down to carbon
Spending £200 on carbon shoes to get ahead? You’d better lace up a pair of Nikes. But it’s likely nothing to do with the carbonContinue Reading
2021-09-26
10 of the best TV shows to watch on Apple TV+
Whether you’re enjoying a free trial or you signed up purely for The Morning Show, these are WIRED’s top picks for Apple TV+Continue Reading
2021-09-25
China: #MeToo, inequality, harassment and sexual politics in the workplace
The recent collapse of a high-profile sexual harassment case brought against a well-known television host has reignited debate in China over workplace gender roles and reinvigorated the country’s #MeToo movement. Zhou Xiaoxuan, 27, says she was an intern at Chinese state-owned media company CCTV when Zhu Jun, a prominent TVContinue Reading
2021-09-24
27 of the best shows on Disney+ right now
Looking for what to watch? Here are best shows on Disney+Continue Reading
2021-09-24