People in Britain are living longer, and increasingly, spending their last years alone. Now more of us than ever before describe ourselves as lonely. Homa Khaleeli finds out how to beat the loneliness epidemic
As a child, Rae Earl suffered from anxiety, delusions and OCD. After a short spell on an adult psychiatric ward, she decided to find her own way to deal with her demons
Dean Burnett: In the spirit of Blue Monday, here are the equations for the perfect first date, the best late-night junk food and the ideal Bank Holiday shop
The New Yorker was 24 when she fell seriously ill with a mystery condition. Here she tells Carole Cadwalladr how she pieced together her terrifying ordeal to write a remarkable memoir
How easy is it to fall through the cracks in modern Britain? A former prostitute, a homeless man, an asylum seeker, a mental health sufferer and a drug dealer tell their stories