Admire our avian neighbours, by all means—but don’t envy them; they, too, have been dealing with a difficult period of confinement

Theirs is the first generation of seniors to have balked at being called granny and gramps, embraced the late-life crisis and later-life divorce, and begun out-drinking their younger counterparts

"When I started there were 30 Brits working in this field; a month later there are just five of us"

Can it really be an English summer without even village cricket?

What if I succumb to the virus and the year 2020 marks the end? What if this is it?

The way we were: meetings with the great and good

If we didn't have to work, what would we do? For many of us—as the pandemic has revealed—it's cooking

Our containment on an island is a source of comfort and claustrophobia

From Bedazzled to the Simpsons, the devil's role in popular culture is a reflection of who we are

Time for some Lucretius, Apuleius and Virgil

I fell for the fantasy that, freed from our scurrying schedule, spare time would pool around us. It hasn't.

In a world full of uncertainty and a type of loneliness many of us haven’t experienced before, Animal Crossing brings a slice of calm