Life on lockdown in New York
Chinatown was once a busy, dissonant hotspot of downtown, with tenants piled on top of each other. Now it’s an empty lot, free of commerce and devoid of all human activity.
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Not the Nine O’Clock News: how to spot fake coronavirus advice
Research shows that fake news travels six times faster than the truth on Twitter. Don’t be a spreader – follow these steps.
Life on lockdown in Barcelona
In Spain locals are singing with their neighbours, weed dealers are creating “virtual dispensaries” on Instagram, crime has dropped by a staggering 70 per cent and local wildlife roams the streets. Writer Tim Smith shares his observations.
This 3D printed ventilator is 16 times cheaper than the standard alternative
Introducing the Leitat 1, a new respirator created by a Spanish consortium of doctors, engineers and scientists with the specific goal of battling the current pandemic.
Life on lockdown in Berlin
Positive measures to protect the arts. Uplifting community initiatives. A newly cashless society. Despite Berlin’s general reluctance to abide by rules, the city's instructions around COVID-19 have struck a chord. Photographer Carys Huws weighs in.
Quaranteens: life on lockdown with the Class of COVID-19
On Friday 20th March 2020, schools across the UK closed their doors to most pupils. For 16 to 18-year-olds up and down Britain, school's suddenly out... forever. We jumped in a WhatsApp group with teens across the country to hear how they feel about the summer that got cancelled.
Doom and Zoom: how a global pandemic meant good news for the tech industry
Video conferencing app Zoom added 2.2 million monthly active users in 2020 – more than the entirety of 2019.
Meet The Avengers of YouTube education
As a rapid response to school and university closures, some of the platform’s biggest learning celebrities have set up The StudyTube Project.
Life on lockdown in Naples
Crooners on balconies. Entrepreneurial drug dealers. Keeping calm and carrying on making fresh pasta. A Brit in Naples reports from Europe’s most self-isolated country.
Everything you need to know about zoonosis
For decades now, scientists have been warning of the risks of a major pandemic emerging from the animal kingdom and crossing over to humans. Despite several serious warnings, we’re still acting too late. How did we get to where we are now, what can we learn from the past, and what do we need to change?
Life on lockdown in Paris
So you‘re about to be quarantined. Here’s what to expect, from a Brit in Paris.
Left unchecked, capitalism will ruin human relationships forever
Volume 4 Issue 3: Kristen R Ghodsee is Professor of Russian & East European Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and author of Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism. Here she explains why we should ban capitalism from the bedroom.
A guide to socialist sex in a Tory age
Volume 4 Issue 003: A totally legitimate, anthropologically sound guide to fucking for the greater good.
How superdelegates could decide the entire US election
These people hold power that not even seasoned politicians quite understand, and Joe Biden is basically a lock for the Democratic nomination.
This is what it’s like to live under a coronavirus lockdown
Heather Mowbray has lived in Beijing since 2006. Writing from inside the lockdown, she describes how COVID-19 has changed the city.
Michael Bloomberg may be a joke online but his billions could be more dangerous to democracy than Trump
In the first instalment of a new column reporting on American politics in this Presidential Campaign year, we ask: what happens when democracy is sold to the highest bidder?
Why can’t more gay and bi men give blood?
Current blood donation rules discriminate against men who have sex with men. Several groups are working hard to change that for the greater good.
The underground world of erotic male massage
These three masseurs are experts in the art of intimacy. The Face spoke to them about their unique line of work and whether or not SESTA/FOSTA has affected them.
Extinction Rebel: “may we live long and die out”
The founder of the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement has a radical solution to saving the planet: the phasing out of humans – all of us. Is he mad or actually onto something?
Donald Trump, 5G data, Chinese intelligence: what exactly is going on at Huawei?
Banned in the USA and under investigation by The Five Eyes – the scandal at Huawei is exposing deep-rooted suspicions between East and West.
South London imams speak out
Three twenty-something imams on race, religion and what it was like growing up in the aftermath of 9/11.
Crisis at Christmas: what it was like for guests and volunteers in the festive shelters
“The hardest conversation was with a father who had accepted his son being an addict on the streets. He was volunteering in the hope of seeing his son in the centre. He did see him, they shared a meal together and spent some time talking.”
