Modern Masculinity

Iman Amrani is back with Modern Masculinity, looking at the issues affecting men which relate to mental health in the shadow of Covid-19. In this episode, she returns to Leeds to speak to Neil, a barber who she met in series one, to find out how his business is coping with lockdown, what pressures his employees are facing and how they feel about the future

On the day that gyms reopen across England, Guardian journalist Iman Amrani looks at how Covid restrictions on training have impacted men and their mental health over the past month. In this episode of Modern Masculinity, Iman focuses on community work on the ground, speaking to young men at Hackney Wick FC, in London. She also speaks to gym owner Nick Whitcombe in the Wirral, in the north-west of England – who has been campaigning for gyms to be considered an essential service – about his concerns if they were to be locked down again in the future