Desperately seeking cultural capital
Laurie Taylor goes to the opera.
Mind, Body & Life
Becoming British
As a teenager, I fought hard to feel like I belonged. Now, that right is being undermined – for me and millions of others.
Close encounters of the everyday kind
A new book asks if microdosing LSD could make you happier and more productive. Why might we need such a helping hand?
Keep on taking the tablets
Laurie Taylor goes in search of transcendence and finds some fascinating shoelaces.
“Shyness is very difficult to define precisely because it’s so contradictory”
Q&A with Joe Moran, author of "Shrinking Violets: A Field Guide to Shyness".
Book review: The Sex Lives of English Women
This book, detailing women's sexual lives, purports to show raw womanhood - but lacks an overarching analysis.
I’ve got that shrinking feeling
Laurie Taylor discovers he is losing height.
How can we make sense of death?
Q&A with Andrew Stark, author of a new book on the stories we tell ourselves to comprehend mortality.
The cult of celebrity diets
Today’s celebrity food purists are as sanctimonious as the religious in their devotion to dietary codes.
How to give better
If you donate money to charity, should your decisions be a matter for the head or the heart?