Right now it feels like the cost of just about everything is rising, and if price tags and bill statements aren’t enough to remind us, society at large certainly won’t let us forget about it.

Last week Baroness Casey’s review into standards of behaviour and internal culture at the Metropolitan Police was published. The report uncovered damning evidence to back up its brutal conclusion that the force is institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic.

The risk of financial insecurity is looming over huge swathes of the nation, with around 46 million people reporting that their outgoings increased between March and June this year. The surging prices of fuel, food and energy mean people are spending less on non-essentials.

As recently as a decade ago, our attitude to work was practically the polar opposite. Remember phrases like ‘hustle harder’, ‘rise and grind’ and #TeamNoSleep?

During the summer of 2020, amid the flurry of news coverage and debates surrounding the pandemic, lockdowns and race relations, both on home soil and internationally, a new term for a rising dating trend was brought to the fore. “What is wokefishing?”

I can’t remember the exact moment I gave up fighting the good fight, but at some point during the last 12 months I finally accepted that I had to let it go. By ‘it’ I’m referring of course to the idea of work-life balance.

As the average British employee knows, poor judgement from leaders at work reaches far beyond the realms of the fashion and beauty industries, and often dwells outside the boundaries of just race.

Expanding on this notion during her Ted Talk, The Power of Introverts , Sarah Cain, author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking , explains that introversion is “different from being shy.

Job interviews can be daunting and anxiety-inducing at the best of times. If you’re pregnant, they can cause worry, tension and fear so palpable that it can be hard to disguise.

Even though it's been likened to some serious forms of addiction, workaholism is often a glamorised and celebrated part of our culture. People proudly wear the ‘workaholic’ title like a badge of honour without stopping to consider the adverse effects that inevitably come with an unhealthy attachment to work.