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Will international students return, what’s the state of our live music scene, and what’s behind author Susan Orlean’s fascination with animal-human relationships?  

A lot of people obtained a mental health plan during the pandemic, but advocates say that seeking out that help could mean being penalised later on, if you try to get insurance. Is this discriminatory? Also, when the pandemic began, most travellers were desperate to get home, we meet one writer who kept travelling.

Birth order is often said to affect the way we all behave. But how much scientific evidence is there to support the claims that first, middle and youngest children will act in certain ways? Life Matters speaks to experts who grapple with the impact of birth order and relationships, and we hear from listeners about whether they feel this issue has moulded their personality or shaped their lives.