Covid-19 didn't stop disrupting business in 2021, but for many small business owners, this was the year they're company rebounded from the pandemic in a big way. Large amounts of business activity…

At the start of the pandemic, consumers were bombarded with a new and hastily constructed form of advertising. In those “uncertain times”, customers were promised, they could rely on their favorite…

The availability of COVID-19 vaccines earlier this year allowed for the partial reboot of life as usual during the pandemic. But the omicron variant — and its delta predecessor — have come along to…

“We are now welcoming our customers with full capacity, who don’t have to wait for long to get a table. The number of our tables has doubled. The restaurant manager told me we might hire more people…

On October 2, Georgia held the first round of its municipal elections in an exceptionally heated environment. Continued political crises, tensions with western allies, and a raging pandemic served as…

The highly infectious delta variant has sparked a new wave of COVID-19 cases and deaths worldwide in recent months, hampering reopenings and slowing the economic recovery. Now comes word of a new…

In recent years, toymaker Mattel has responded to criticism about the Barbie doll's role in creating an unrealistic picture of womanhood. The company now designs dolls inspired by professions as…

The story of a relic, the workers who helped unearth historical gems, the charms on doors in Upper Egypt and the intangible heritage they unfold, and many more interesting topics are discussed in the…

It’s getting harder and harder to remember the height of the pandemic, when some 4,000 Americans were dying every day. As recently as January, a person died of COVID-19 every eight minutes in Los…

For many it is theatre’s darkest hour. For others, Britain’s Royal Shakespeare Company included, lockdown has speeded up the use of technology that has transformed stagecraft and revealed new…