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“How are you?” Is it considered impolite to answer this question honestly? Does responding ‘politely’ impact our mental health and wellbeing?
It is often said that discussing politics and religion at the dinner table is impolite, but how about mental health? Following the popularity of the Portico Library’s first Getting Better discussion group in spring 2020, we are inviting the public back for a similarly open and informal discussion about how mental health and wellbeing have been affected in the last two years. This time, we will be joined by young artists from Manchester charity 42nd Street and taking inspiration from their artworks in the Portico’s current exhibition Sit Down & Get Out! The trouble with 'polite society' to focus on social norms, expectations, and pressures.

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