Ferne: ‘ i aimed for hollywood – but had to settle for essex!’

We suspect you know where you were, half a decade ago this spring, when then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the country to ‘stay home, protect the NHS, save lives’. But as research paints an increasingly detailed picture of the ways in which those years shaped everything from our health habits to our identities, academics are asking a different question: who were you back then? And who are you now?

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THE WAY WE CONNECT WITH ONE ANOTHER IS CHANGING IRREVERSIBLY, WITH UNADULTERED PLEASURE FRONT AND CENTRE. ALEXANDRA JONES TAKES A LOOK AT THE MOVEMENTS SHAKING UP THE LOVE SCENE

As many as one in five women experience mental health issues such as depression or anxiety during pregnancy or in the first year after childbirth, according to the NHS. Maternal Mental Health Awarenes

SOPHIE RAWORTH on the special events ahead to mark 80 years since Victory in Europe Day