Well-meaning campaigns urge openness and conversation about mental health struggles. But there are those who cherish silence ...

Behind a ballerina’s beautiful performance lie hours of discipline, tenderness and an abiding attention to detail ...

The muscle metaphor based on ego-depletion theory hasn’t survived scrutiny. But there’s an alternative that holds promise ...

Downtime is undervalued in today’s busy, always-on world. But for most of human history, rest – time in which we can recharge the mental and physical batteries we use while labouring – was prized as a ...

grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and after living elsewhere for a time, went back home. A novice genealogist, she has a particular interest in discovering the stories that have vanished from the family ...

Playing online games. Sorting my considerable collection of knitting yarn. Reading reviews of gadgets even after I’ve made a purchase. What do these activities have in common? They’re all things I’ve ...

In 392 CE, the Roman emperor Theodosius I outlawed one of the oldest and most well-established mystery cults in the Greek-speaking world, the Eleusinian Mysteries, which had taken place for more than ...

How did humans create the earliest words? Iconic vocal sounds, which match form and meaning, likely played a key role Language gives us the power to describe, virtually without limit, the countless ...

is an artist, writer and mudlark who has spent years discovering objects from centuries past in London’s River Thames.

Steve Schwartzberg’s journey from Harvard psychologist to erotic healer, Buddhist and teacher was always haunted by death. Then he was diagnosed with terminal cancer At 25, I saw my grandfather’s ...

On my winter walks, I like to observe the architecture of tree trunks. Usually trunks are hidden from view under the enrobing green foliage of spring and summer, or the colourful blaze that typifies ...

The early Chinese philosophers knew that a healthy mind comes from a harmonious community, not a matter for individuals alone Mental illness is often thought to be a matter of individual disorder.