Children’s lives have been among the most disrupted during the pandemic thanks to school closures, exam cancellations and a ban on socialising during the most important time of life for social development. Learning to empathise, compromise and manage your emotions just isn’t the same when you can only see your friends and extended family over Zoom.

What impact will all this have in the long-term? It will take years for us to know the full effects of the pandemic, but scientists are already gathering evidence about how social intelligence is being affected by lockdowns, and there’s much we already know about how important this kind of development is to children’s growing brains. Luckily there’s also evidence that points to how we could help children catch up.

It’s 50 years since the UK adopted decimal currency, which some believe marked the start of a creeping Europeanisation. But Andrew John Cook argues it was in fact a very British modernisation.

Now that Britain is no longer integrated with the European financial system, Amsterdam has surprisingly stolen the lead on London as the continent’s biggest share trading hub. Here’s how the Dutch city managed to leapfrog its rivals Paris, Frankfurt and Milan.

Contact us here to have your event listed.

For sponsorship opportunities, email us here