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Finding a work-life balance

Milly Earnshaw-White discusses the challenges of returning to normal life – and university – after spending so long adjusting to living in lockdown.

The route to becoming an incel

Print Sports Editor Henry Hood explores the worrying online world of involuntary celibates

Should contraception be available prescription-free?

Georgia Balmer investigates the introduction of prescription-free contraceptive pills and the potential dangers this could hold.

Viral books: the power of online reading communities

Have you ever wandered into a bookshop and stumbled upon a “booktok” section? Reading, thanks to social media, is now trendier than ever. Certain novels and authors, however, seem particularly popular. Our social media executive Emily Im takes a deep dive into current literary trends and what is fuelling them.

How can you take action on climate change?

Rebecca Wells discusses the ways in which we can all take action against climate change, individually and collectively.

Men’s violence against women in Pakistan: will the narrative ever change?

Lina Idrees reflects on the recent spotlighted cases of gender-based violence in Pakistan and its enduring narrative which has preserved a culture of impunity.

Friend turned Foe – The Amazon is now emitting CO2. What does this mean for climate change?

George Edwards discusses the study that found the Amazon rainforest now emitting rather than absorbing CO2, and the implications that this will have on climate change in the future.