This column will change your life: hairy arm tactics
When is a hairy arm not a hairy arm, asks Oliver Burkeman. When it's a technique for managing your boss
Open-plan offices were devised by Satan in the deepest caverns of hell
Oliver Burkeman: They’re bad for concentration, motivation, stress – and they don’t even make it easier for employees to communicate, new research indicates
This column will change your life: do you feel a fraud?
'One of impostorism's frustrating ironies,' Oliver Burkeman says, 'is that true frauds and idiots rarely seem to experience it'
Music gives people a voice when words fail them at the end of their lives
Bob Heath: Improvising songs can open a vital channel of communication in palliative care
Can a shot of humanities make doctors more humane?
Charlotte Blease: A course of 'medical humanities' is supposed to unlock the empathy so often missing in care, but evidence is lacking
Do antidepressants work?
The prescription of antidepressants is growing faster than for almost any other drug - in the UK and around the world - but the debate over their effectiveness rages on. Have you ever taken or prescribed antidepressants? Share your experiences anonymously in our online survey
This column will change your life: why confidence is overrated
'Humble-but-competent leaders are both better-liked and more successful than braggarts,' says Oliver Burkeman
This column will change your life: the truth about inefficiency
'You don't procrastinate, or miss appointments, or fail to communicate with your spouse because you're an idiot who doesn't realise there's a better way,' Oliver Burkeman says. 'You do it because there's a hidden benefit you're getting'
This column will change your life: the truth about happiness
It's the fundamental question of wellbeing, Oliver Burkeman says: happiness equals reality minus expectations
‘Head orgasms’, meditation and near-death experiences
Shelley Taylor: Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response is a strange yet enjoyable neurological condition