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Good afternoon. On Valentine's Day, we talked sex and Dr Kate Lister's

curious history of it. Stand by for some very strange things that have been done

with fish and disappointing news about the oyster. It will come as no surprise to anyone

who has them that children can have a somewhat negative effect on your relationship.

This was found in papers that were done among different ethnic groups, gay couples and

straight couples. That impact of a tiny person who you both adore that steals your time

and your money and the moments that you have together has a universally acknowledged

bad impact on your relationship.

This week saw an award ceremony for casting directors, Lauren Evans cast the first series

of sex education and Isabella Rodolphin was responsible for Small Island at the National

Theatre. Monday's programme was devoted to loneliness. Why do so many of us suffer?

We put ourselves at the bottom of a long list of other priorities, so we put our husbands

or our partners first, our children, our jobs and actually what suffers is our deep

meaningful friendships. So we're missing out on that depth of connection. We might have

lots of people around us, but that depth of connection is often missing.

And a new film version of Emma opened on Valentine's Day. We talked to the director,

Autumn DeWild and Anya Taylor Joy, who plays Miss Woodhouse.

Earlier this week, a conservative activist, Joshua Spencer, was jailed for sending offensive

and menacing communications to the Labour MP, former Cabinet Minister and Chair of the

Home Affairs Select Committee, Yvette Cooper. The Home Secretary, Priti Patel, has

apologised for what she has had to put up with and insisted there is no place for threats

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