Lauren Maccabee

As the first “post-pandemic” summer beckons, 14 to 23-year-olds reflect on the benefits of isolation and how it changed their lives – sometimes for the better.

“We dealt with lockdown by giving up on real language altogether. We just spoke in bleep-bloops and groans to one another, for the entirety of isolation.” THE FACE sits down with Sheffield's student population to find out how university and grad life changed during the pandemic.

To mark the two-year anniversary of the UK’s first lockdown, we’re running a week-long series of stories exploring the impact of the pandemic on young people.

In the second of a week-long series, figures from music, art, food, sex work and education look back on a year that shook their fields. Here, Louise Hall, President of the Arts University Bournemouth Students’ Union, reflects on a year on – and off – campus.

Student halls across the UK are being put into lockdown, leaving thousands of freshers cooped up in box rooms, isolated from family, and watching sub-par online lectures. We go inside Manchester Metropolitan, one of the universities worst affected by the crisis, in search of signs of life – and of protest.

The Face took to the town centre to hear what people think of the Manchester United footballer following his success in convincing the government to provide a summer food fund for low-income families.

As the Labour heartland turned blue for the first time in 84 years, The Face headed to Retford and Worksop to find out why.

The fashion designer and head of jewellery at Dior Homme weighs in on her new unisex line of Chucks inspired by the military bunny boot.

The Face played dress up in the archives at the brand’s Italian HQ.

Volume 4 Issue 001: Coronation Street’s first black family in 59 years move into No.3.

Results in, school's out.

In the run up to the Love Island final The Face took to the streets of Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds and Manchester to ask the burning question (and a couple more).

The Face finds out what young Mancunians love about their city.

Blackpink is in your area: Lauren Maccabee documented the ‘Blinks’ in Manchester when the K-Pop superstars came to town.

“I’m City ‘till I die/I’m City ‘till I die/I know I am I’m sure I am/I'm City ‘till I die.”

The police broke it up. The fans styled it out.

We hit the sold-out “O3” to see what Drizzy lovers are wearing.