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?
Mind, Body & Life
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
The sociologist on holiday
Les Back has some suggestions of which books not to take on vacation
What I owe the library
We can't do without our private places to read and think, says novelist Philip Pullman
Book review: The Management Myth – Why the Experts Keep Getting it Wrong
Andrew Mueller enters the world of consultancy
Book review: The Coming of the Body by Hervé Juvin
Owen Hatherley embraces the society of the body