How the tech industry’s youth cult is driving older workers to plastic surgery
You don't have to be young to work in Silicon Valley – but it certainly helps. Which is why the over-30s are now taking extreme measures, says Jon Henley
This column will change your life: the perils of feedback
'We want to feel we're learning and improving, but we also want appreciating for who we are,' says Oliver Burkeman
What is the cost to boys of our traditional view of masculinity?
Lola Okolosie: Men are hemmed in by narratives telling them that stoicism is manly. This isn't what I want for my son
Sickness leave tumbles by more than 25% since 1993
ONS figures show the average person took 4.4 days off in 2013, compared with 7.2 days two decades ago
Commuting makes you ‘unhappy and anxious’, says ONS
Commuters have lower life satisfaction and a lower sense that their daily activities are worthwhile, according to research based on around 60,000 people
Buyer’s guide to … term insurance
It's cheap and no-frills. But who needs it and what does it cost?
Is working night shifts bad for you?
A new study claims that working nights can disrupt gene activity after only three days – and the health dangers are thought to include an increased risk of breast cancer, type 2 diabetes and heart attacks. Does it worry nocturnal workers? And are there any advantages?
Parents ‘face too much guilt over breastfeeding and work’
Liberal Democrat equalities minister Jo Swinson advises parents to do what feels right and stop worrying about official guidance
The day I met a Lloyds ‘selling machine’
As one writer recalls a run in with a Lloyds salesman, we want to hear about your experiences, or from those who were tasked with making the sales
Britain on the couch: UK therapists share our biggest worries
From porn addiction to body dysmorphia, Britons no longer find therapy taboo. But what do their problems tell us about the nation's mental state? Therapists open up to Louise Chunn