Desert delights

Bring the beauty and flavours of the Black Sea and the Transylvanian mountains into your kitchen with Irina Georgescu’s comfort food recipes from the vibrant and diverse lands of Romania, Serbia and Bulgaria

The band’s reunited and it feels so good, as Kay Ribeiro finds out

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?

This makes a wonderful side dish to serve with roast lamb or mutton for your Easter lunch and it also doubles as a stunning centrepiece for any vegetarians at the table. Cassie Best SERVES 4 as a main

Make an easy salad with three of your five-a-day. Halloumi with juicy pomegranate seeds and the crunch of pumpkin seeds is a moreish combination. SERVES 2 PREP 15 mins COOK 15 mins EASY 80g thinly sli

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