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Social media

Could a 17-minute phone call with a stranger help cure loneliness? A new app aims to do just that
loneliness
Social isolation

Could a 17-minute phone call with a stranger help cure loneliness? A new app aims to do just that

Social media may be the new religion, but it hasn't made us better people
Social media logos
Paul McNamee

Social media may be the new religion, but it hasn't made us better people

Do the TikTok plant pot candle heaters work? We asked a thermodynamics expert
plant pot candle heater
Energy bills

Do the TikTok plant pot candle heaters work? We asked a thermodynamics expert

People are sharing their favourite clips of the Queen’s most heartwarming moments
Queen Elizabeth

People are sharing their favourite clips of the Queen’s most heartwarming moments

Calling all cash-stuffers: It’s time to use up those £20 notes
A roll of £20 notes wrapped in an elastic band
cost of living crisis

Calling all cash-stuffers: It’s time to use up those £20 notes

BetterPod: Sophia Smith Galer myth-busts the sex misinformation crisis
Sophia Smith Galer on sex education
sex ed

BetterPod: Sophia Smith Galer myth-busts the sex misinformation crisis

Gen Z are turning to 'cash stuffing' to prevent overspending 
TikToker handling a wad of £20 notes with calculator
Personal finance

Gen Z are turning to 'cash stuffing' to prevent overspending 

As tech giants face a financial downturn, some new players are focusing on people over profit
Tech for good

As tech giants face a financial downturn, some new players are focusing on people over profit

The dark side of the influencer economy
Top influencer earners Dwayne Johnson, Ariana Grande and Kylie Jenner
Podcast

The dark side of the influencer economy

Nadine Dorries needed a 'safe space' to come up with her TikTok rap lyrics, says government
nadine dorries
News

Nadine Dorries needed a 'safe space' to come up with her TikTok rap lyrics, says government

#Ready4Rishi: Sunak launched his election campaign with a hashtag
Tory leadership race

#Ready4Rishi: Sunak launched his election campaign with a hashtag

How social media has changed our world
Pupils from Wellington College have been investigating the positive and negative impacts of social media on teenagers' lives. Illustration by Toby Triumph
Sponsored content

How social media has changed our world

8 of the best budgeting bloggers and influencers
The benefit cap was affecting 180,000 households by November 2020
Money

8 of the best budgeting bloggers and influencers

Boris Johnson has joined TikTok - and it is not going very well
Social media

Boris Johnson has joined TikTok - and it is not going very well

Elon Musk has bought Twitter for $44bn: Here are better ways he could have spent that money
Elon Musk Twitter
Social media

Elon Musk has bought Twitter for $44bn: Here are better ways he could have spent that money

Five things the government is doing to tackle rogue landlords
rogue landlords
Housing

Five things the government is doing to tackle rogue landlords

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Government will ‘name and shame’ landlords on social media for leaving tenants in dodgy social housing
social housing landlords
Social housing

Government will ‘name and shame’ landlords on social media for leaving tenants in dodgy social housing

'Ted Heath with an Instagram account': Labour responds to Rishi Sunak's Spring Budget
Spring Budget

'Ted Heath with an Instagram account': Labour responds to Rishi Sunak's Spring Budget

Our leaders have failed us, but bitter and divisive public discourse isn't helping
John Bird

Our leaders have failed us, but bitter and divisive public discourse isn't helping

The Online Safety Bill still fails to reference women and girls
Seyi Akiwowo

The Online Safety Bill still fails to reference women and girls

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