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Report: ‘How Can I Use This, Rather Than It Use Me?’ A New Campaign Takes Aim at Screen Addiction

Sophie K Rosa

During lockdown screen use increased by a third, with many now blaming their scattered attention spans and deteriorating mental health on the overuse of mobile phones and computers. A new campaign argues we should reset our relationship to technology.

Boris Johnson ahead of a cabinet meeting, November 2020. Pippa Fowles, No 10 Downing Street/Flickr

Opinion: Johnson’s Government is Rotten to the Core – But Does It Even Matter?

From his “let the bodies pile high” remarks to refurb-gate, Boris Johnson is once again mired in scandal. But rather than being any mortal wound to his prime ministership, the controversies speak to a much bigger problem at the heart of British politics: what counts as corruption, and how little it seems to matter, writes Samuel Earle.

Opinion: No, Covid-19 Isn’t a Chance to ‘End HIV’

Ben Weil

Sexual health campaigners have welcomed lockdown as an opportunity for more abstinence and less HIV transmission. This kind of thinking didn’t get us anywhere in the 1980s, and it won’t now.

Novara Live: What Are the AstraZeneca Blood Clot Risks?

The JCVI have announced that under 30s should be offered an alternative to the Astra Zeneca vaccine. What does this mean for the vaccine rollout, and for young people who’ve already had the AZ jab? With Michael Walker, Deenan Pillay and Dalia Gebrial.

Boris Johnson's catastrophic mishandling of the pandemic has led Britain to one of the highest death rates per capita in the world. But it hasn't lost him voters. In fact, he’s gained new ones. In the first of a new series on the Tories and power, Samuel Earle looks at how the prime minister gets away with it.

Opinion: Rising Unemployment Is Making Us Depressed. But We Are More Than Our Work

Harriet Williamson

Pandemic-driven unemployment has shown that basing our self-worth on our productivity is unsustainable. As we emerge from a year of lockdowns, we must rethink our relationship to work, writes Harriet Williamson.

Protest following the kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard in London

Report: If We Can’t Change the Law, We’ll Break It

Rivkah Brown

On Saturday, police banned a vigil for Sarah Everard - hundreds turned out anyway. The new policing bill may threaten our right to protest, but we already know how to resist. Rivkah Brown reports on a resurgence in civil disobedience.

Report: The Women Who Can’t Strike Today Are Exactly Why We Must

Sophie K Rosa

The pandemic has shown how women's work is disproportionately underpaid, undervalued and unsafe. On International Women's Day, many have gone on strike, but many more won't be able to. Sophie K Rosa reports.

Novara Live: Johnson’s Travel Rules Under Strain

Does the arrival of the Brazil variant in Britain show Johnson’s travel rules aren’t fit for purpose?

Novara Live: The Exit Plan

Boris Johnson delivers his roadmap out of lockdown. Do his plans for students to all return on the 8th March risk a resurgence? With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.