Crunch data to live longer, says David Agus – the doctor who treats the stars
Listening to our bodies and recording and analysing the results is more beneficial than smoothies or vitamins, says the physician who treated Steve Jobs
Robert Spitzer obituary
Psychiatrist who transformed the ‘world bible’ of psychiatric diagnosis
Your Beauty Mark: The Ultimate Guide to Eccentric Glamour by Dita Von Teese – digested read
‘Mais non! I have just noticed that I have yet again failed to get dressed – all I am wearing is stockings!’
John Forrester obituary
Historian and philosopher who wrote extensively on Freud and psychoanalysis
Is perinatal anxiety a bigger problem than postnatal depression?
For many women, the main problem with giving birth is anxiety – and dealing with it quickly is the key to a good recovery. Is enough being done to spot it in time?
Brené Brown: ‘People will find a million reasons to tear your work down’
Her talks and books about courage have inspired millions – and turned the respected researcher into a ‘celebrity self-help queen’, a label she resents. Carole Cadwalladr meets Brené Brown
NeuroTribes by Steve Silberman review – an enlightened take on autism and difference
This sparklingly humane book makes the case that there is no such thing as neurologically ‘normal’
Steve Silberman on winning the Samuel Johnson prize: ‘I was broke, broke, broke’
His first book was about the Grateful Dead. His second, about autism, has just taken the Samuel Johnson prize. Meet neuro-warrior Steve Silberman, friend of Allen Ginsberg and ‘gay coach’ to Oliver Sacks
The other KKK: how the Kindred of the Kibbo Kift tried to craft a new world
George Orwell thought they were ‘sex maniacs’. They thought they were spiritual samurai, rebuilding Britain after the Great War. With their magical rituals, outdoor living and utopian vision, they are the most fascinating of forgotten youth movements – and their ideas still resonate
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert review – lessons in life from the Eat, Pray, Love author
With sufficient Courage and Enchantment, everyone can unleash their inner ice skater