‘When Russia invaded Ukraine we sold out of gas masks, nuclear protection stuff, potassium tablets. We did a month’s trade in a day and a half.’Photograph: Simon Belcher/Alamy This is a great time to ...

What exactly is a prepper? It’s anyone who anticipates a calamity resulting in some degree of social collapse, and makes plans—or prepares—to survive independently. Behind that definition lies a gamut ...

I used to watch with interest and a bit of judgmental thinking all the efforts some people made to prepare for the end of days. That's because back when I was younger the prospect of something ...