Matthew Perry was brave to speak about addiction without full recovery
We love a reformed addict story, but admitting to the existence of failure can be a freeing gift to someone…
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Mikhaila Peterson’s life at the molten core of the culture wars
At the key moments in the drama of Jordan Peterson, his daughter is usually there.
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The case for a minister for men
From educational failure to high suicide rates, the government needs to address male problems.
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Corinne Bailey Rae’s radical return
The industry feared her new album, Black Rainbows, would alienate white audiences. She made it anyway.
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Parliament is back: what’s on the agenda?
As MPs return from summer, here’s what to expect in legislation on the economy, sustainability and healthcare.
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The cruelty of cricket
Nick Compton had talent and a famous name, but the unforgiving sport both hid and exacerbated his insecurities.
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Inside the soul of Tyson Fury
He’s too strange, too powerful, too honest and complicated to contain in a bite-size media persona.
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A hypochondriac learns to live with her body
Could being gently beaten with birch leaves allow me to sit with my bones, and stop looking up symptoms on…
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David Nutt: “It’s the biggest breakthrough in mental health for 50 years”
The psychiatrist David Nutt on psychedelic drugs as a treatment for depression.
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How Dele Alli exposed the trauma that accompanies success in elite sport
We are increasingly discovering the mental cost of the pressure the sports industry places on its stars.
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Insomnia has trapped me inside my own head
Who would I be if I could sleep? Would I appreciate the joy of being with people if I didn’t…
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Two thirds of young people say work damages their mental health
Polling shared exclusively with Spotlight finds that most workers think their job does them harm.
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“Take back control” has become “we can’t control”
The implication of Labour’s focus on “resilience” is that modern subjects are weak, inflexible and unable to cope.
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Clancy Martin: “The best medicine for suicide is to talk about it ”
The Canadian novelist reflects on his life-saving philosophy.
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Rosena Allin-Khan: “This is Tory Britain, where we examine patients in cupboards”
The shadow mental health minister on her double life as a doctor and politician, and Labour’s plans to fix the…
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Why adults should put their phones away
Also this week: nourishing our children and the social media con.
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Trapped in the generation gap
Jean Twenge’s new study suggests that the young are the losers in a society transformed by technology.
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Nick Drake’s dark places
The songwriter is revered as a tortured genius – but Richard Morton Jack’s new biography shows that behind the romantic…
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I refuse to feel shame after eating – but it saddens me that so many women still do
I thought moralised comments about eating were a thing of the past, but then I went on a girls’ holiday.
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The new age of perfectionism
Is capitalism itself causing millennial burnout?
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