Covid-19

Meet the photographer capturing UK homelessness – who became homeless himself
Photography

Meet the photographer capturing UK homelessness – who became homeless himself

Brock Elbank was taking portraits of people experiencing homelessness. Then he found himself living in his car

As David Attenborough turns 100, we celebrate his legacy and all he represents
Steven MacKenzie

As David Attenborough turns 100, we celebrate his legacy and all he represents

In the magazine, we are paying tribute to some notable centenarians of 2026 – and half of them are still going strong!

We can save disabled people’s lives if we listen to the recommendations of the Covid inquiry
Georgia Bondy

We can save disabled people’s lives if we listen to the recommendations of the Covid inquiry

Georgia Bondy, the Covid inquiry manager for Disability Rights UK, writes about why the government must learn from the findings in the Covid inquiry

Living with long Covid can be devastating – it’s time our benefits system recognised that
Jo Platt MP

Living with long Covid can be devastating – it’s time our benefits system recognised that

I carried the weight of my £60,000 debt alone. Then one conversation changed everything
Debt

I carried the weight of my £60,000 debt alone. Then one conversation changed everything

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How lockdowns through history have led to revolt and misinformation
Lockdown

How lockdowns through history have led to revolt and misinformation

Skins star on how OnlyFans changed her life: ‘I was earning a living wage for the first time’
Sex work

Skins star on how OnlyFans changed her life: ‘I was earning a living wage for the first time’

Covid left me thousands of pounds in debt – I was suicidal. Here’s how I turned things around
Debt

Covid left me thousands of pounds in debt – I was suicidal. Here’s how I turned things around

I’m 18 and bed bound with long Covid. This is what it’s like to be held hostage by your own body
Emily-May Stephenson

I’m 18 and bed bound with long Covid. This is what it’s like to be held hostage by your own body

Covid exposed the brutal realities of UK health inequality – has anything really changed?
Five years since the pandemic

Covid exposed the brutal realities of UK health inequality – has anything really changed?

For those still dealing with a post-Covid debt hangover, financial resilience is vital
Vikki Brownridge

For those still dealing with a post-Covid debt hangover, financial resilience is vital

Five years after Covid, why has working from home become a culture war fault line?
Five years on from the pandemic

Five years after Covid, why has working from home become a culture war fault line?

‘You don’t have to be a celebrity to make an impact’: Big Issue’s Covid heroes, five years on
Five years since the pandemic

‘You don’t have to be a celebrity to make an impact’: Big Issue’s Covid heroes, five years on

Covid got us all in mutual aid groups. Five years on, what happened to the lockdown anarchists?
Five years since the pandemic

Covid got us all in mutual aid groups. Five years on, what happened to the lockdown anarchists?

Covid effectively ended rough sleeping with the Everyone In scheme. So where did it all go wrong?
Homelessness

Covid effectively ended rough sleeping with the Everyone In scheme. So where did it all go wrong?

We must learn from Covid and ensure that disabled people are never again neglected
Mikey Erhardt

We must learn from Covid and ensure that disabled people are never again neglected

‘It worries me it could happen again’: How Covid turned life upside down for children and young people
Dr Alison Penny

‘It worries me it could happen again’: How Covid turned life upside down for children and young people

We all clapped for the NHS during the Covid pandemic. Did it actually do… anything?
Five years since the pandemic

We all clapped for the NHS during the Covid pandemic. Did it actually do… anything?

Labour must learn from the Covid-era Everyone In scheme to end homelessness
John Glenton

Labour must learn from the Covid-era Everyone In scheme to end homelessness

Poor women without education least likely to recover from effects of Covid, study finds
Five years since the pandemic

Poor women without education least likely to recover from effects of Covid, study finds

Doctors ignored me, a disabled woman, when deciding if I’d be resuscitated in the pandemic
Rahima Begum

Doctors ignored me, a disabled woman, when deciding if I’d be resuscitated in the pandemic

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Why are so many people off work sick? Labour told not to forget the pandemic ahead of benefit cuts
Five years since the pandemic

Why are so many people off work sick? Labour told not to forget the pandemic ahead of benefit cuts

‘What gave them the right?’: Fury after doctors refused to resuscitate disabled man during pandemic
Disability rights

‘What gave them the right?’: Fury after doctors refused to resuscitate disabled man during pandemic

Covid pandemic forever changed disabled people’s lives. History must never be repeated
Natalie Williams

Covid pandemic forever changed disabled people’s lives. History must never be repeated

Doctor behind ITV’s vital new drama Breathtaking on ‘horrendous’ truth about Covid in hospitals
TV

Doctor behind ITV’s vital new drama Breathtaking on ‘horrendous’ truth about Covid in hospitals