#SophieSays Courting and cohabiting in a post-Covid wasteland

A couple walk across a hill after sunset in Ealing, west London, as a summer of hosepipe bans and fire warnings continues, with a heat health alert coming into place across much of the country. Picture date: Tuesday August 9, 2022. Pic by Victoria Jones/PA

23rd August 2022

It all starts with being chased around the playground, not a care in the world bar how far you could make your 20p stretch in the tuck shop (ten strawberry laces, five chocolate mice and one Tunnocks Teacake), evolving into the surreptitious passing of notes beneath desks whilst the teacher’s back was turned, and eventually...