Trapped in a painful past
Schizophrenia is a harrowing illness. But Tim Parks, whose own family has been afflicted, challenges orthodox views about its origins
Obituary: Robin Skynner
A pioneer of family therapy whose books - including one written with John Cleese - helped to make psychology more accessible to lay readers.
Confidence tricks
New research shows high self-esteem in children leads to success. But, Terri Apter asks, how to instil it?
Be a tooth fairy: keep sugar off their diet
Joanna Blythman on the food menace that must be fought.
Cancer? You’ve got to laugh
Tiredness crept in like a warm blanket And suffocated me in sleep My bones ached, my mind was tired My will, my motivation, both weak.
I’m a survivor, not a victim
Tania Farrell Yelland was diagnosed with breast cancer while she was pregnant with her first child. It would mean surgery, chemotherapy and, possibly, an abortion. Here she explains how the two of them made it through
Fighting back
Who says women are the weaker sex at sport? On the eve of the Sydney Olympics, a new book promises to explode the myth that female equals frail.
Men in the psychiatrist’s chair
Andrew Rissik salutes Anthony Clare's On Men: Masculinity in Crisis, a passionate polemic for a new kind of masculinity
Our daily bread
In Majorca, the traditional peasant fare of pa amb oli - bread drizzled with olive oil - is enjoying a revival. Here Tomás Graves, son of the poet Robert Graves, celebrates a deceptively simple dish