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Photography

Life through a zoom lens

Lockdowns left our cities deserted. But the absence of the usual hubbub allowed us to see them differently. Intrepid photographers were on hand to capture the beauty and humanity of the moment.

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Life through a zoom lens
Art

Signs of the times

Museums across the world are gathering the artefacts that will stand as symbols of the lockdown.

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Signs of the times
Society

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.

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  • 6 min read
Night of terror
Urbanism

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.

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We’ve seen this before
Society

After sun

Tilting your chin up and away from your phone gives time and space to reflect.

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After sun
Society

Guiding light

At a time of global uncertainty, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I explains how the Orthodox Church can mobilise, inspire and guide believers towards positive action in the world.

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  • 1 min read
Illustration of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I in ceremonial robes working at a laptop
Sport

Missing in action

The suspension of global sport highlights the values it brings: camaraderie, team spirit and how being a lifelong supporter is a form of life support.

  • Issue #134
  • 5 min read
Missing in action

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