Wild Love
Forget these aloof A-listers of the animal world. For a really profound relationship with nature fall head over heels for the hedgehog next door, just like Hugh Warwick
Mind, Body & Life
Top 5 myths of Self-Help
‘Emotional intelligence’, ‘inner child’, ‘self-actualisation’ – the language of popular psychology has infiltrated every level of our culture, and persuaded us to let it all out to reach our life…
Cereal offenders
What have religion and porridge got in common? (No, it’s nothing to do with being thick, or intellectually sloppy, and nor is it related to how its makers are constantly…
How to look good dead
Want to be remembered once you've bought the farm and shuffled off your mortal coil? Never fear, Rory Fenton has some handy hints for how leave your mark
Angels, unicorns and how I ruined my Amazon recommendations
A forthcoming New Humanist feature took me into a bizarre strand of New Age healing. Are these people for real?
Body scam
After the binge comes the purge. But, warns Sarah Ditum, forgo the flashy trainers and ditch the detox – there is another way
Unwrapping the Mummy’s Curse
What lies behind the tenacious myth of the Pharaohs’ revenge? Roger Luckhurst lifts the lid
The town that’s twinned with Narnia
The medieval Devon town of Totnes is the capital city of pseudoscience, but local rationalists are mounting a fightback. James Gray goes through the wardrobe
Stayin’ alive
Humans have invented an endless series of strategies to try and outwit the Grim Reaper. Stephen Cave explores our fascination with immortality
A rise in Premier League piety?
Musa Okwonga asks what's behind football's on-pitch displays of devotion