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...families could lose access to child benefits. Those working could be asked to apply a work permit of some form. Article 20 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which is one of the two main treaties establishing the European Union, states that every person holding the nationality of a member state shall be a citizen of the European Union. Taking this...

...families with absent fathers, and the disappearance of men from professions in regular contact with boys. With regard to the latter, much of the discussion has centred on education, and particularly primary schools, where there appears to have been a real decline in the proportion of male teachers. Recent years have also witnessed a series of campaigns to increase men’s...

...family and friends and therefore deprive them of an important source of support. Not only are jurors isolated from family support, formal support through the courts is also lacking. Currently support for jurors in England and Wales consists of signposting to their GP and the charity Samaritans. With NHS mental health support service overstretched, jurors may struggle to...

...family and friends get together and embrace. Visiting relatives to drop off sweets and presents and exchange intimacies at 10-15 metres apart does not feel natural. This year under social distancing the usual physical intimacies of hugging were not possible. This Eid Mubarak digital card, designed by Thanu, herself a Sinhalese Buddhist, offers warm greetings and best...

...histories, we are shaped by – and we in turn shape – institutions. They give structure and meaning to our lives. They make shared experience, and shared action, possible. In short, we live our lives – as social beings – through institutions. I can put this in more formal, academic terms. Teddy Brett, who has contributed a great deal to the theory and practice of...