The life lessons i’ve learned

This is a cosy crime mystery with a difference – where you’re the detective! Read the story and then use your powers of deduction to identify the killer as well as their method and motive for a chance to win £500

Merrie couldn’t find her husband anywhere. The day before Christmas Eve was always busy and at 9.30am she’d expect to find him in the warehouse, checking on packing and loading and last-minute orders.

The word should invoke a sense of lightness and frivolity. Instead, those with a front row seat to how it feels to be a girl in 2024 are sounding the alarm. And our own data confirms that girlhood is not just in flux, but in crisis. From the influence of a culture of misogyny on coming of age to the harms inflicted by years-long waiting lists for appropriate care, WH gives this life stage a health check – and asks where it leaves a generation of young women and the people who love them

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