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The shocking ways modern medicine lets women down

When it comes to medicine, women are still seen as both irrational and doomed to suffer. Our book columnist Ceri Radford investigates why, and what needs to change

Italy’s restaurants reopen after 70 days, but customers stay away

For a country devastated by the coronavirus, the reopening of businesses is just a small step towards a return to normal life – and struggling business owners tell Alessio Perrone they ‘don’t expect good times soon’

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Borzou Daragahi How plagues have shadowed us, shaped history and remade empires

The Black Death wiped out 50 years of economic progress, destroying empires and building others. Borzou Daragahi traces the history of plagues and disease, and wonders what our post-pandemic future will look like

40 years on music

Joy Division on the death of Ian Curtis: ‘Listening to Closer, you think, f***ing hell, how did I miss this?’

Mark Beaumont talks to bandmates Peter Hook and Stephen Morris plus Tim Burgess, Grian Chatten, Orlando Weeks and Jon Savage about the man, the artist and his legacy

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Simon Calder Will I get a refund for my Airbnb accommodation?

Simon Calder answers your questions on pandemic schemes, package holidays and the necessity of insurance

Why I'm ditching disposable razors

Truly ethical and sustainable beauty brands aren't easy to find. Can Jessica Jones go a whole year without using anything else?

Sean O'Grady I predict Boris Johnson will be out by Christmas. He has let us down

All the insincere promises and the hasty U-turns serve only to show we have somehow contrived to place a clown with the emotional maturity of a toddler in charge of dealing with the worst pandemic in 100 years

Why the Star Wars prequels finally deserve some respect

As ‘Revenge of the Sith’ turns 15, Clarisse Loughrey takes a lightsaber to the hatred it fuelled on the dark side of the internet

The shocking ways modern medicine lets women down

When it comes to medicine, women are still seen as both irrational and doomed to suffer. Our book columnist Ceri Radford investigates why, and what needs to change

Everything you need to look after your mental health

Managing it is more important than ever while in lockdown

30 birthday quarantine isolation

Lockdown has put celebrations on hold for people across the globe, but for Sara-Ella Ozbek it led her to reconsider the milestone moment she had been worried about

Trump says he’s been taking hydroxychloroquine for a ‘few weeks’

FDA has warned of serious side effects, has not certified drug as treatment for Covid-19 outside hospitals