Yes, this is research
The life of a sex writer is not an easy ride. As Emma Taylor and Lorelei Sharkey - authors of The Big Bang, the new Joy of Sex - know all too personally. Theory is one thing, but practice can often be far more perverse.
Box pop
Opening Skinner's Box is an intriguing attempt by Lauren Slater to 'bring to life' 10 psychological experiments
The rhythm method is best
The secret of personal and professional success is simple according to Russell Foster's Rhythms of Life - pay attention to your body clock
Don’t tell me my children are lazy – just pass the truffles
The Myth of Laziness by Mel Levine is a thoughtful and vivid exploration of why some children have specific difficulties learning to write
I was not a lab rat
A new book has rekindled old rumours that renowned psychologist BF Skinner used his baby daughter in his experiments. Stop this rubbish about me and my dad, says Deborah Skinner Buzan.
All you need is status
What others think of us is a matter of life and death, writes Alain de Botton.
The song of the holy fools
For the Tantric minstrels of Bengal, taking music to the people, the divine is something you find within. William Dalrymple joins a never-ending tour.
Put your feet up – it’s your last chance
You can read as many parenting manuals and attend as many classes as you like, but no one tells it straight like a new mum. A new book offers hard-earned pearls of wisdom for expectant mothers.
The first cut was the deepest
Does plastic surgery change the 'inner you'? Catherine Bennett tries to find out in Virginia L Blum's Flesh Wounds
A man in two minds
Deirdre Bair's diligent biography of Carl Jung reveals his divided personality, but the more we know about him the less real he becomes, says Adam Phillips