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Goodbye festivals, dressing up and impromptu flits across Europe; hello pets, remote cottages and the quest for the perfect picnic
Lockdown life is hard for internationals whose loved ones are scattered across the world
What happened when one pet sceptic was forced to share lockdown life with a new family member
Q&A with the author on the childhood book that inspired her and why she has no plans to upgrade her 21-year-old computer
Our ‘Round on the Links’ quiz tests your ability to draw connections. Thinking caps on!
No roaring crowd, no celebratory hugs: Murad Ahmed reports from the empty stands at a high-profile fixture
‘Bolsonaro, Trump and Johnson (until he got ill) acted out their sense of immunity by continuing to shake hands in public’
‘We should stop chastising politicians for changing their minds, and start cheering them instead’
Why can alpha male political leaders not see another MP exercising without needing to show they can do better?
The great processing might of Fugaku will be focused on parsing earthquakes, weather patterns and coughs
Flitting between countries to live, work and steal ideas was one of the continent’s great perks
Jo Ellison longs for the opportunity to put on a pair of really painful heels again
Some used to quietly resent the day-trippers but now they’ve gone, it’s bloody awful, says Tim Hayward
After a 43 day streak on my language app, I can now pick out whole phrases in the Danish TV series that I love’
‘One thing I have learnt this year is that life can be a lot more unpredictable than I thought’
For the first time in 98 years, the camp where Joshua Chaffin spent his childhood summers won't be opening
One university student on taking your finals in the middle of a pandemic
‘I can’t actually remember the last summer that wasn’t structured around nuptials. I am, as they say, at that age’
What to do with your facial hair has never been so debated. One beard-stroker finds out why
Why the Black Lives Matter marches feel different in the era of Covid-19
Miranda Green is weighed down by Thomas Cromwell’s impending doom in The Mirror and the Light
When Cally Beaton gave up boardroom life to be a comic, the one commodity she didn’t anticipate running out of was the public
Self-confessed seaside snob Pilita Clark goes in search of some pristine golden sands
Henry Mance on how lockdown has led him to (mostly) embrace slow parenting
Nicholas Lander asks five chefs what they’ve been cooking while their restaurants have been closed
‘It’s tempting to wonder which wines being launched on the market may develop massive reputations’
The FT’s US finance editor picks the guests, destination, chef and dishes for his dream supper
The artist on the anti-racism protests, photographing Beyoncé for Vogue and the depiction of black people in art
Xi Jinping has vowed to eradicate extreme rural deprivation by the end of 2020. Will he meet his target?
How you wear your Covid-19 face covering could be the new social divide
Low-cost, quick and convenient: selling fried chicken was a billion-pound business even before its lockdown success
‘Zoom may even make congested cities like Los Angeles more attractive by letting residents cut down on driving’
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