Lifestyle
Everyday living, modern habits, personal wellbeing, family life and the small choices that shape how people live across the UK.
Slowing Down Without Turning Rest Into Another Project
Modern life produces no shortage of advice about slowing down. The irony is that rest can quickly become another thing to optimise: a...
Renting in Britain: Cost, Security and the Difficulty of Feeling Settled
Renting is not a single experience. For some people it offers flexibility; for others it means repeated moves, rising costs and little control...
Work-Life Balance in Britain: Why the Problem Is Bigger Than Time Management
Work-life balance is often presented as a personal skill: organise the diary better, mute notifications, protect the evening. Those habits can help, but...
Minimalist Living in Britain Without the Lifestyle Mythology
Minimalist living is often sold as a cure for clutter, stress and overconsumption. The reality is more ordinary. For some people, owning fewer...
An August Journal: Keeping Small Pieces of the British Summer
August is a good month for keeping a journal because it produces so much disposable evidence: train tickets, exhibition leaflets, café receipts, pressed...
Loneliness in Britain: A Persistent Minority, Not a Universal Epidemic
Loneliness is often described as an epidemic, a phrase that can make the problem sound both universal and rapidly worsening. Current British data...
