Our Shame: sex addiction is not a dirty secret

Caspar Walsh: The film Shame highlights the nightmare of sex addiction – as a recovering addict, I know it's time to recognise this illness

Rhona Rapoport obituary

Social scientist whose research shifted ideas on work-life balance

Getting children cycling to school – it can be done

Peter Walker: Sustrans says its projects more than double the percentage of pupils riding to school within a year

124 Sure Start centres have closed since coalition took power

Education minister reveals figures that undermine prime minister's claim to be committed to reducing child poverty

Relationships education still fails to reach most young people

A consultation on sex education ends this month, but the government has already ruled out the most essential change, say campaigners – and teenagers themselves

America’s problem with sex education

Daniel Denvir: Given the comic failure of abstinence-only – 95% of Americans have premarital sex – isn't it time the US got over its hangup?

Former Ofsted chief considers ending life at assisted suicide clinic

Chris Woodhead, who has motor neurone disease, praises 'dignified' Swiss Dignitas facility

Students warned of meningitis risk

Health Protection Agency to highlight dangers as college lifestyle allows infection to spread quickly, say experts

Back-to-school bugs

Children can catch an array of gruesome-sounding illnesses off fellow pupils. But don't worry, few are as bad as you might think

Miller Mair obituary

Clinical psychologist who fought against 1950s orthodoxy