Chris Millard, postdoctoral researcher at the Centre and one of the pioneers of the ‘Lost Emotions’ project, recently spent three months on secondment at the Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology, where he researched and wrote about the issues of ‘parity of esteem’ between physical and mental health. His work resulted in him co-authoring an editorial for the British Medical Journal, as well as writing a post for the history of emotions blog reflecting on the experience.