This column will change your life: will as a skill

The crusty Victorian notion of willpower is back on the agenda, Oliver Burkeman says, but is there more to it than meets the eye?

Fifty Shades of Grey is bad for bondage

These novels are wrong to demonise people whose erotic style embraces bondage, domination and sadomasochism, writes Pamela Stephenson Connolly

Dr Dillner’s health dilemmas: How do I get the right treatment for depression?

New research suggests mental health issues are more common than previously thought, but that people aren't getting the help they need

This column will change your life: cut us some slack

The internet era means friends, colleagues, employers, even enemies can track what we are – and aren't – doing at any time of day. So there's no hiding place for slackers, says Oliver Burkeman

Philosophy for Life and Other Dangerous Situations by Jules Evans – review

Cognitive psychology has had little impact on our culture, but this intellectual manual makes a start, writes Alexander Linklater

Guns don’t kill people, video game players do

Martin Robbins: Desperate attempts to link video games to violence make me far more angry than the games themselves ever did

I believe exercise can help people beat depression

Despite what the research published this week says, many people who have lived with depression feel the benefits of a trip to the gym, or even a spot of gardening

The science and ethics of voluntary amputation

Mo Costandi: Should amputation be offered as a treatment to people suffering from Body Integrity Identity Disorder?

This column will change your life: when is a brick not a brick?

Or how overcoming functional fixedness can help solve a candle problem or two… By Oliver Burkeman