Fake or fact: how to recognise a conspiracy theory
Everyone is susceptible to misinformation or being led astray online. Here’s how to know when to follow your intuition or look for more facts
Full speed ahead: why do some of us struggle with low libido – and five ways to help
For most of us, the key to boosting sexual interest is to find what works your accelerator and what slams on the brakes. Could a new hormone treatment play a part in improving sex lives? Plus debunking the most common low libido myths
The big idea: can writing make you healthier?
Research supports the benefits of ‘expressive writing’ – but what makes it so cathartic?
Susie Orbach: ‘Body uniformity is out of control – there’s no right way to have labia!’
The psychotherapist on body hatred, what’s changed since she wrote Fat Is a Feminist Issue – and the smell of her clients
Gareth Thomas: ‘I will be a voice for people with HIV. I won’t be derailed’
He was one of Wales’s greatest rugby stars – and the game’s first professional player to come out as gay. But it’s the truth about HIV that Gareth Thomas is set on tackling now
The ‘missing personality type’: could you be a Highly Sensitive Person?
Are you moved to tears by the smallest thing? Do emotions overwhelm you? According to a new book, it may be that you are an HSP just like Nicole Kidman, Lorde and Miranda Hart. Rhik Samadder wonders if he qualifies as one, too
Leaving London was a wrench, but our family life back in Coventry has so much more to offer
Hayley Myers was worried about relocating back to her home city of Coventry after a decade in London, but she hasn’t looked back
A winter of the mind: how to escape survival mode
For many of us, it has been a cold and traumatic year. But, as one reader found, difficult times can lead to new and revolutionary ways of thinking
A trip to my mother’s native Sweden helped me recapture my childhood
It was a nostalgic journey to rediscover my family roots, but it was also great fun and reminded me how much I missed this beautiful land
My search for female gardeners’ life stories helped me combat loneliness – and make great friends
I was lonely after lockdown and wanted to know why women gardened so wrote to those I admired. Now I have a host of new friends from different generations and backgrounds