Many people's lives are put on hold for the eight weeks of Love Island, but let's not forget how the pandemic affected hot people, Kate Demolder writes, as she welcomes back the cultural phenomenon.
America is back, Joe Biden announced at the G7 summit but has the USA lost its allure as a cultural superpower? Kate Demolder investigates.
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