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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 left Emily-May unable to work. She has turned to photography and sharing her story with others
Letters: Covid was a chance to reset. So why are we still working until we drop?
Letters

Letters: Covid was a chance to reset. So why are we still working until we drop?

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

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?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
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

Grand Theft Hamlet: Why these unemployed actors staged a Shakespeare play inside a video game
Film

Grand Theft Hamlet: Why these unemployed actors staged a Shakespeare play inside a video game

I composed a piece of music made from the dying beats of my father's heart
Music

I composed a piece of music made from the dying beats of my father's heart

Government just incinerated PPE worth £1.4bn. Here's how that money could've been better spent
A health worker wearing PPE
A modest proposal

Government just incinerated PPE worth £1.4bn. Here's how that money could've been better spent

Boris Johnson may be gone, but it’s not down to his biggest political crime
boris johnson
politics

Boris Johnson may be gone, but it’s not down to his biggest political crime

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