Is there life after plastic?
The new inventions promising a cleaner world
As the backlash against plastic waste grows, industry is replacing and redesigning single-use products, from recyclable bottles to biodegradable film
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If Boris were Doris
The foreign secretary’s ‘gaffes’ are laughed off and forgiven, with no apparent dent to his career trajectory, writes Gary Younge. Imagine if he were a black woman
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Animal nitrates
Yes, bacon really is killing us
Decades’ worth of research proves that chemicals used to make bacon do cause cancer. So how did the meat industry convince us it was safe?
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End of the saga?
Icelandic language battles ‘digital extinction’
Iceland’s mother tongue and cultural identity is drowning in an online ocean of English
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Power to the people
Taking control from the energy giants
How a small German town reclaimed its electrical grid and sparked a community revolution
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Bigots, blind spots and the backfire effect
Wolfgang Tillmans investigates post-truth
Why are people today becoming so immune to facts? To find out, the artist Wolfgang Tillmans turned to politicians, activists, extremists – and even MRI scans
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Les miserables
Want a shop job? You need the X Factor
Applying for low-paid retail jobs used to involve a short chat with the manager. So why do employers increasingly make interviews feel like auditions for a West End show?
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The big chill
Europe under a blanket of snow
Heavy snowfall and blizzards lashed Europe as a deep freeze set in from the Baltic to the beaches of the Mediterranean
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Where to warm up
Here’s where’s hot right now … and we don’t mean trendy. We pick 10 mid- and long-haul escapes where the sun’s shining and the temperature is at least 23C
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