Issue 1366

Back on the streets
This week, as non-essential businesses reopened across England, our vendors were able to return to work after a month off the streets. By Bronte Schiltz.

Oven-ready deal
Help our vendors access food and shelter by buying our new calendar from them, featuring 12 of their favourite home cooking recipes. Christian Lisseman writes.

Talent spotting
A leaked planning document reveals the scale of the challenge facing the NHS as it gears up for a coronavirus vaccination programme in the North West. Ciara Leeming reports.

Kids and Middle Ages
Maggie O’Farrell couldn’t have predicted that her book about the 16th-century plague would land in a 21st-century pandemic. When it comes to children’s stories though, Sophie Haydock finds she has no shortage of imagination.

Plus
News, arts and entertainment, columnist Roger Ratcliffe, Jon Bon Jovi’s letter to his younger self, crossword, Sudoku and more.