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Nancy Reynolds, age 74, of Cape Canaveral, Florida, works as a cashier at Walmart while struggling to make ends meet on her work income and social security benefits of just $709 a month. “I can’t live on $709 a month, so I have to work. I have no choice, even though my body says you …

For the seven people living in The Rising Sun, a former pub in south-east London, eviction has been a constant threat. When Tom Stiedl, a nightclub manager and DJ, moved in three years ago, the hulking ex-Truman’s pub had already been listed at £1.2m, advertised as an opportunity to develop flats between fast-changing Peckham and …

The Covid-19 pandemic has revived cycling to levels last seen in Britain in the 1960s as people started riding to work, or followed government edicts to get some exercise – and there is no sign of 2020’s enthusiasm fizzling out. Demand for all types, from kids’ and mountain bikes to e-bikes, is up across the …

When I started university in September, I found it very overwhelming. Not just because I was settling into a new city during a pandemic while trying to meet the demands of my degree (medicine is very hard), but I was also juggling a relatively new experience: financial independence. Once you start university, it’s a matter …

In early May, James Evans* met a man on the dating app Grindr. The man, who said his name was David, was friendly and chatty. “It started off as a normal conversation,” says Evans. “We moved to WhatsApp and exchanged messages. After a few days he started telling me about crypto trading and how he …