Et cetera: Steven Poole’s non-fiction choice – reviews
Steven Poole on Barbaric Sport by Marc Perelman, Fly and Be Damned by Peter McManners and Self-Esteem by David Bonham-Carter
A different class: the expansion of Steiner schools
Jeevan Vasagar: The number of Steiner schools is set to expand, thanks to state funding via the coalition's 'free schools' policy. Their alternative approach is appealing, but do they offer a rounded education?
Are modern British children suffering from ‘nature deficit disorder’?
Head to head: Colin Tudge and Aleks Krotoski debate whether the National Trust is right to say losing touch with nature is damaging children
Should we put lithium in the water?
A psychiatrist in Ireland has suggested that putting psychiatric medicine in drinking water could cut the suicide rate
Air pollution in Britain: state-sanctioned mass poisoning
John Vidal: Despite the devastating costs in terms of lives and damage to the economy, UK governments have failed to tackle air pollution
Dolphin therapy is a scam
Dea Birkett: The film Dolphin Tale perpetuates a myth that swimming with dolphins will 'restore' disabled people such as my daughter
Why fiddle with our clocks? This ritual persecution of the sleepless must end
Simon Jenkins: The return from summer time to gloomy GMT owes nothing to nature and all to the Scots. Let us down south enjoy a little light
Sunscreen pill could be available within five years, scientists say
Researchers uncover way coral shields itself against harmful ultraviolet rays and believe it could pave way for anti-sun compound to protect humans
Have we had our fill of water?
We've been told to drink at least eight glasses a day. Celebrities clutch bottles like fashion accessories and children are urged to swig in class. But as Nigella Lawson is outed as an 'aquaholic', is the tide finally turning on the health benefits of H20?