‘I didn’t notice that my sense of reality was drifting away’
3 case studies of the effects of depression
Desert child
A successful model in the Eighties, Waris Dirie is now far more distinguished by her work on eliminating female circumcision or, as she less euphemistically terms it, female genital mutilation
Is it worth it?
Monica Waitzfelder's investigation into her mother's claim that 'L'Oreal took my home', reveals the links between the Vichy government, fascist terrorists and the world's most powerful cosmetics firm. But was it worth it? asks James Purdon
Over the counter once more
Ian Pindar is glad that James McConnachie's tome of good conduct for men, The Book of Love, has been rescued
First, don’t catch your hare
Wondering what to get the foodie in your life this Christmas? Paul Levy has a few ideas
Portly and curious viands
Tom Jaine travels from the French West Indies to Hackney in search of culinary inspiration
Mind your language, professor
Andrew Anthony hails The Stuff of Thought, Steven Pinker's latest examination of the human mind that sheds new light on what our words say about how we think.
Wireless computer network risks to be investigated
· Government orders tests over two years· Health officials insist no need to suspend use
Delicious reading
In Kate Colquhoun's Taste: The Story of Britain Through Its Cooking, an excellent history of the nation's appetites is to be savoured - with caution, says Paul Levy.
Read my labels
Veronica Horwell gorges on Dana Thomas' Deluxe, an investigation into the modern attitude to luxury.