Breakthrough

How nuclear bunkers could save the internet: 'An appropriate metaphor for the climate crisis'
a coastline and the sea
Climate change

How nuclear bunkers could save the internet: 'An appropriate metaphor for the climate crisis'

Existing underground bunkers could provide the answer to heat-related internet outages
How TikTok and 'knit-fluencers' are making knitting and crochet 'trendy and cool again'
Fashion

How TikTok and 'knit-fluencers' are making knitting and crochet 'trendy and cool again'

Forget Dry January – young Brits are giving up on booze altogether. Here’s the sobering reason why
Health

Forget Dry January – young Brits are giving up on booze altogether. Here’s the sobering reason why

How people are celebrating life and confronting a universal truth by attending their own funeral
Life

How people are celebrating life and confronting a universal truth by attending their own funeral

The annoyingly simple way to make your New Year's resolutions stick, explained
Wellbeing

The annoyingly simple way to make your New Year's resolutions stick, explained

Veganuary: Will the cost of living crisis make us all go vegan?
veganuary illustration
Food

Veganuary: Will the cost of living crisis make us all go vegan?

How traditional crafts like clog making and sign-writing are providing an alternative to the 9 to 5
REBECCA STRUTHERS, Watchmaker &; historian, STAFFORDSHIRE
Alternative careers

How traditional crafts like clog making and sign-writing are providing an alternative to the 9 to 5

BBC cuts to local radio are a cost we cannot afford: 'Vulnerable people rely on radio'
A 1970s radio
Radio

BBC cuts to local radio are a cost we cannot afford: 'Vulnerable people rely on radio'

What's behind low levels of literacy among people experiencing homelessness?
Education

What's behind low levels of literacy among people experiencing homelessness?

Why is Gen Z catching more STIs? It's complicated
Sexual health

Why is Gen Z catching more STIs? It's complicated

Exposed wires, black mould and rats: State of student housing leaving residents with health issues
Student housing

Exposed wires, black mould and rats: State of student housing leaving residents with health issues

Love Luxury boss Emily Abraham explains how she went from sofa surfing to CEO
A woman in a black turban
Homelessness

Love Luxury boss Emily Abraham explains how she went from sofa surfing to CEO

How protest fashion became this year's hottest Christmas gift
Activism

How protest fashion became this year's hottest Christmas gift

Teachers with no special needs training are being 'thrown in at the deep end'
a pile of books with an apple on top and blocks with letters of the alphabet
Education

Teachers with no special needs training are being 'thrown in at the deep end'

How TikTok's BookTok craze is 'making reading cool again'
Books

How TikTok's BookTok craze is 'making reading cool again'

'I was fined £100 for dropping crisps': How a private firm is making millions from littering fines
Tiny models of bin men cleaning up a giant cigarette butt
Environment

'I was fined £100 for dropping crisps': How a private firm is making millions from littering fines

Love Actually: Is it a Christmas classic or an unwatchable schmaltz-fest? 
Montage of stars of Love actually
Film

Love Actually: Is it a Christmas classic or an unwatchable schmaltz-fest? 

Workaways: How to travel the world without spending a penny
people constructing a timber frame
The future of travel

Workaways: How to travel the world without spending a penny

How lucrative North Sea oil became the front line of battle for the climate
Oil rigs in the sunset
Climate crisis

How lucrative North Sea oil became the front line of battle for the climate

This tiny Greek island now has zero waste – leading the way for the rest of the world
View from the mountain of Livadia, Tilos island
Envrionment

This tiny Greek island now has zero waste – leading the way for the rest of the world

Meet Freshta Karim: The Afghan children's rights activist bringing books to Kabul's kids
Freshta Karim
Afghanistan

Meet Freshta Karim: The Afghan children's rights activist bringing books to Kabul's kids

Spain gives menstrual leave to workers with 'disabling periods' – why can't UK?
Women in a bathroom sharing menstrual products
Menstrual health

Spain gives menstrual leave to workers with 'disabling periods' – why can't UK?

BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Angela Rippon: 'I would have loved them to have asked me years ago'
Angela Rippon in a silver sparkly dress and white fur with arms outstretched
TV

BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Angela Rippon: 'I would have loved them to have asked me years ago'

'I was spat on in a gay bar': How the South Asian diaspora is fighting racism in queer spaces
Manchester's Gay Village. Image: Shikhar Talwar
Racism

'I was spat on in a gay bar': How the South Asian diaspora is fighting racism in queer spaces

These Right to Roam activists are fighting landlords to open up UK's green spaces to all
Right to roam protest
the future of travel

These Right to Roam activists are fighting landlords to open up UK's green spaces to all