What's got my attention this week

Things to read, watch and listen to this weekend

Helen Mirren #hairgoals at the Berlin Film Festival.

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• A bath bomb will not change your life. (S'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre) It probably won't even make you feel a bit better.
• The puzzling gap between how old you are and how old you think you are. (S'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre)
• Will we ever see a woman in The White House (S'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre)?
• Menopausal women in England will now be able to get a year's worth of HRT for under £20 on the NHS (S'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre), from 1 April.
• And more on HRT: Dr Jen Gunter digs deep on the new study about HRT and alzheimers disease (S'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre).