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How we live now

  • Pratishtha Jain

    ‘I had a crush on my sexy manager’: seven readers on their summers of love

    A virtual lockdown date that blossomed, an encounter on a backpackers’ bus and a school trip to Spain – readers share their most memorable summer romances
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    Isolation nation: loneliness afflicts people and pets – and now even plants are feeling it

    ‘Freedom day’ is bad news for houseplants, which relish the sounds and vibrations of human company
  • medicine, yoga and law

    Is this really what I want? How lockdown made us question every life choice

    Bidisha
    These strange months have made everyone realise that this isn’t a rehearsal. Now we face difficult decisions about what to do next, writes Bidisha
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    Why is cosmetic surgery on the rise? Because of hours staring at ourselves on Zoom

    Bidisha
    After months of video calls, there has been a global boom in demand for cosmetic surgery. Apparently people are rushing for facelifts - but I have a better idea, writes Bidisha
  • Young woman opening package of fashion item bought online

    Fast fashion creates misery – and that's always a bad look

    Bidisha
    Cheap, throwaway clothing was past its sell-by date even before the Leicester garment factory reports. Brands like Boohoo need to change their act – and so do consumers
  • How We Live Now: London

    How we live now: inside the revolution in urban living

    As the world urbanises, we present five portraits of people who are pioneering new ways of living in cities – from the men who sleep in Tokyo’s net cafes to the Londoners embracing ‘co-housing’
  • Californian multi-generational living

    One roof, three homes: America catches on to multigenerational living – video

    Three homes under one roof gives this big American family companionship, dignity and a nicer house than they could afford on their own
  • Housing in Chile

    I built my own social housing: the rise of Chile's 'half-houses' – video

    After an earthquake and tsunami devastated Constitución, in south Chile, architect Alejandro Aravena is developing a new type of social housing
  • The Collective

    I have 500 flatmates: London rediscovers co-housing – video

    Inside the slick modern-day boarding house – a visionary example of the sharing economy, or a disturbing symptom of the housing crisis?
  • How We Live Now holding image

    The New Yorkers who live exclusively via Airbnb – video

    Could digital sharing make having a home obsolete?
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    The people who live in Tokyo's net cafes: 'It's a home, by the hour' – video

    How We Live Now: In Tokyo, commutes are so long, and apartments so small, that some people sleep in internet cafes – which offer showers, meals, clothes and everything you might need for a substitute home
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