Gen Z

One minute you’re splitting the cost of an Airbnb over three months, the next you’re thousands in the red. BNPL schemes (or “Klarnamaxxing”) are a slippery slope – especially when you’ve got appearances to uphold on social media.

Cruises, perhaps the final boss of organised fun, have seen a huge uptake in Gen Z and young millennial punters over the last few years.

Look out, Gen Z. Gen Alpha’s arrived, slathered in Sephora products and vaping like there’s no tomorrow. We gathered siblings from both warring cohorts and asked – from a safe distance – the pressing question du jour.

According to a shiny new report, under 25s are consuming less booze, cigarettes and ecstasy. But mephedrone is increasingly dipping into the dancefloor...

Podcast: Our resident drug columnist Simon Doherty joins us for a chat about opioids, Gen Z sobriety and, er, the man who took 40,000 pills.

Studies show that Gen Z are drinking less, which could be catastrophic for small venues that rely on booze sales. But instead of blaming young non-drinkers, shouldn't the model be overhauled entirely? As further discussed on THE FACE podcast, which you can listen to here.