Netflix is moving to drastically reduce the number of times actors use tobacco products on screen. This follows a study by Truth Initiative which revealed there were 201 instances of smoking in Netflix’s youth-rated programmes, risking negatively influencing impressionable viewers.

If French employees thought heading back to the office meant a return to the sociable two-hour lunch breaks they’d enjoyed pre-pandemic, they're likely to be disappointed. An adjustment to French labour law means they can now have their lunch at their desk, a disruption of cultural norms.

French society is famously food-centric, with long lunches and pre-dinner drinks forming part of daily rituals. But with COVID-19 having confined people to their homes, dining habits have had to change as a necessity. How might the crisis reshape mealtime behaviours in the long term?

French men are breaking out of the unforgiving confines of heteronormativity to wear more stylish clothes and engage in grooming. But as their appearance begins to play a bigger role in their everyday lives, what is the impact on behaviour? And how can brands speak to grooming-averse consumers?