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The world turned upside down

An occasional series about the different ways the pandemic is reshaping our lives

7 June 2020

  • Misha Glenny

    From drug dealers to loan sharks: how coronavirus empowers organised crime

    Misha Glenny
    Disruption to supplies, diversion of police resources and collapsing businesses all create opportunities, says the McMafia author Misha Glenny

2 June 2020

  • A fruit and veg stall with social-distancing signs in Newham, east London

    Our cities only serve the wealthy. Coronavirus could change that

    David Madden
  • Adam Tooze

    The death of globalisation has been announced many times. But this is a perfect storm

    Adam Tooze

1 June 2020

  • Christiana Figueres

    Covid-19 has given us the chance to build a low-carbon future

    Christiana Figueres
    Lockdown won’t save the world from warming, but the pandemic is an opportunity to pursue a green economic recovery, says the diplomat and author Christiana Figueres

31 May 2020

  • BRITAIN-HEALTH-VIRUS-ECONOMY<br>A man wearing a face mask walks past a boarded up restaurant near Piccadilly Circus in London’s main high street shopping area on May 22, 2020 as lockdown restrictions to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus remain in place. - UK retail sales dived by a record 18.1 percent in April with the country in coronavirus lockdown, triggering a surge in government borrowing to an unprecedented level, data showed on May 22. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP via Getty Images)

    Will local, family restaurants be the surprise survivors of this crisis?

    Sam Wydymus
    It will be the establishments able to pull off personalised service at a distance that will thrive, says chef and writer Sam Wydymus

21 May 2020

  • Higher education in the UK - successful students at the graduation ceremony at Aberystwyth university, after receiving their degrees, wearing their traditional caps and gowns. July 2019<br>W42A1Y Higher education in the UK - successful students at the graduation ceremony at Aberystwyth university, after receiving their degrees, wearing their traditional caps and gowns. July 2019

    Universities are on the brink of crisis. Coronavirus may tip them over the edge

    Glen O’Hara
    The pandemic could be the end for some institutions, says Glen O’Hara, a professor of modern and contemporary history

18 May 2020

  • Charlotte Higgins

    After the war, the arts came back stronger. They can do so again now

    Charlotte Higgins
    Covid-19 has devastated our theatres and museums. But with imagination we can create something better than before, says Guardian columnist Charlotte Higgins

16 May 2020

  • Lucy Jones

    Noticing nature is the greatest gift you can get from lockdown

    Lucy Jones
    Summer holidays abroad look doomed, but there is comfort and reward to be found just by being curious about your surroundings, says journalist Lucy Jones

14 May 2020

  • Illustration by Eleanor Shakespeare

    Coronavirus has presented China with a historic opportunity — will it take it?

    Peter Frankopan
    For years Beijing has spoken of its global leadership. As democratic states score Covid-19 own goals, that narrative is stronger than ever, says historian Peter Frankopan

9 May 2020

  • Susanna Rustin

    Imagine the UK getting rid of road rage, congestion and exhaust fumes for ever

    Susanna Rustin
    Mass changes under lockdown and initiatives abroad could spark a transport revolution, says Guardian leader writer Susanna Rustin
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