Drawn to a happy conclusion
Marisa Acocella Marchetto's cartoon view of her treatment for illness, Cancer Vixen, inspires Stella Duffy.
‘I call it Thing or Beast or It. They call it a sarcoma’
Broadcaster Nick Clarke, who died last week, kept a diary of his fight against cancer. His widow, Barbara Want, introduces his story.
Q: Did you feel suicidal before you were sectioned? A: Nah, I’m not that brave or clever. I wouldn’t know how to tie a rope, know what I mean?
The Emma Brockes interview: Frank Bruno
A boy like Dan
Danny Mardell's world was turned upside down when his first son was born with Down's syndrome. But, as his ghost writer Sally Weale records in Danny's Challenge, published tomorrow, the shock and shame of those first few months gradually gave way to acceptance - and love.
Back from the brink
He lost his home, his reputation and - nearly - his sanity. Even when his doctor gave him six months to live, Chris McCully couldn't stop drinking. So how did he finally quit?
‘I looked in the mirror, and it wasn’t me’
When Bruno de Stabenrath was left quadriplegic after a car crash, he assumed his playboy days were over. But eight years later, he's making music again, making love - and even surfing. He talks to Dea Birket.
A man in two minds
Deirdre Bair's diligent biography of Carl Jung reveals his divided personality, but the more we know about him the less real he becomes, says Adam Phillips
Health check
Bedside Stories, Michael Foxton's account of life as a junior doctor, makes Phil Whitaker chuckle
Truth and its consequences
Simon Hattenstone on Sunbathing in the Rain by Gwyneth Lewis - a survivor's recollection of depression
Matter of life and death
Julie Myerson takes issue with Tiger's Eye by Inga Clendinnen, another example of the current fad for sick lit