Why am I so furious about teeth? They are deeply socially divisive

The gap between those who can or can’t afford a dentist is widening. There is a three-year wait for NHS appointments – while the market for whitening and tweakments booms, writes Guardian columnist Emma Beddington

Thousands of work-related Covid deaths going unreported, says TUC

Unions believe data showing just 2.5% of working-age Covid deaths are work-related is ‘not credible’

‘Sexplosion’? Romance in the air as retailers look to a post-lockdown summer of love

As Covid restrictions ease, firms predict boom in sales of all things romance, from dating apps to condoms and sex toys

Thousands of breast implant victims will get payouts after court ruling

Case in Paris was brought by 2,700 women over implants made by French company and certified as safe by German firm

Parent trap: why the cult of the perfect mother has to end

Worldwide, mothers are overworked, underpaid, often lonely and made to feel guilty about everything from epidurals to bottle feeding. Fixing this is the unfinished work of feminism

Booking a summer holiday abroad? Here’s what you need to know

British travellers face challenges this year not only from the Covid crisis, but also the effects of Brexit. Here’s the lowdown

Monzo bank to offer employees paid leave after pregnancy loss

Either partner can take up to 10 days’ leave after miscarriage, stillbirth or abortion in UK digital bank’s policy

Country diary: the ewes and I enjoy a flawless spring morning

Dolgellau, Gwynedd: The animals graze unconcernedly among clumps of soft rush as I wander past

‘Stop the Breast Pest’: MP’s ‘horror’ at being photographed while breastfeeding

Stella Creasy launches campaign to change law after a boy took pictures of her feeding her baby on a train

Like ‘Italy’s Robinson Crusoe’, many of us crave the idea of aloneness – even after lockdown

Mauro Morandi had to leave his solitary island life. Having been cooped up with others for months, it could be appealing, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett