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I miss my desk
Now that we’ve all proved we can work from home, are we done with the office? Not even remotely.
Radical departures: rethinking air travel
The aviation industry is struggling with the pandemic's fallout. It's time to ground its worst impulses and make passengers fall back in love with flying, seizing this moment for change.
How we roll
This is the time to fix public transport and get people walking and cycling. Let’s go.
Is it time to take control of cruises?
Already under fire for their environmental impact, megaships were ill-equipped for a pandemic. Cruise expert Monty Mathisen tells us how the industry might adapt to stay afloat and win back public trust.
Built to last
Will the pandemic change our cities? Danish architect Jan Gehl says perhaps. While this moment will pass, we can at least reconsider things like cruise ships and prioritise human connection in our urban spaces.
Night of terror
As this report of an air raid in 1940 London illustrates, life during wartime was very different from today: fragile, unforgiving and, at every moment, perilously close to its end.
Core values
The mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore, tells us why we’re all better served by inner-city living and that Australians should embrace holidaying at home.
Step change
Civic leaders must build their cities’ resilience through people-focused infrastructure, says urban specialist Michael Berkowitz.
The party is over
Brazil’s leader, Jair Bolsonaro, denies the severity of coronavirus to keep the economy ticking over. But as he poses for selfies, could the outspoken populist bring the nation to its knees?
We’ve seen this before
Though melodramatic comparisons with the great plague and fire won’t wash, post-lockdown London can still learn much from their aftermath.
