James Hillman obituary
US psychologist who concluded that therapy needed to change the world rather than focus on people's inner lives
Pass notes No 3,098: Herman Van Rompuy
The president of the European Council is spreading a little happiness among his fellow world leaders this year
Notes and queries: What’s the worst town in literature?
Plus: Why is a two-minute nap so amazing? Gilbert O'Sullivan and Gang Starr join the bad pop rhymers
Siddhartha Mukherjee: ‘A positive attitude does not cure cancer, any more than a negative one causes it’
How, exactly, do you go about writing a prize-winning book about cancer? Siddhartha Mukherjee, who has just won the Guardian First Book award for The Emperor of All Maladies, explains
Christmas gifts 2011: which books will be under your tree?
Our critics choose the books they intend to give this Christmas, and the ones they hope to receive
Alice LaPlante: ‘Alzheimer’s is a hard thing to frame’
The author explains how, after numerous failed attempts to write about her mother's illness, she landed on the idea of a murder mystery
The Brain is Wider Than the Sky by Bryan Appleyard – review
Are we wrong to compare our brains to our technology? By Simon Ings
Digested read: The Food Hospital by Gio Miletto, Lucy Jones and Shaw Somers
We've included some nice photographs of different coloured fruit and veg to help you. A clue: look under orange for oranges
Guardian First Book award shortlist: Siddhartha Mukherjee
Siddhartha Mukherjee introduces The Emperor of All Maladies