Mental Health

Mental Health Bill leaves ‘dangerous gaps’ which could threaten our human rights
Dr Thomas Peck

Mental Health Bill leaves ‘dangerous gaps’ which could threaten our human rights

Flaws in the new Mental Health Bill emphasise the need to hold private healthcare companies accountable, writes Dr Thomas Peck, a lecturer in medical law and ethics at Lancaster University

Cuts will rip the heart out of Samaritans at a time when it’s never been needed more
Laura Cooke

Cuts will rip the heart out of Samaritans at a time when it’s never been needed more

Closing Samaritans branches will lead to issues with confidentiality, privacy and volunteer safeguarding

Comedian Rob Auton on staying motivated at the Edinburgh Fringe: ‘The effort is the best part’
Edinburgh Fringe

Comedian Rob Auton on staying motivated at the Edinburgh Fringe: ‘The effort is the best part’

This year, Rob Auton’s Edinburgh Fringe show is about a fictional motivational speaker

An old football sticker book turns pub night into a nostalgia fest
Sam Delaney

An old football sticker book turns pub night into a nostalgia fest

How I cured my hypochondria
Health

How I cured my hypochondria

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This prison theatre project prepares young offenders for life on the outside: ‘Art can be a game changer’
Prisons

This prison theatre project prepares young offenders for life on the outside: ‘Art can be a game changer’

2,600 forgotten prisoners left to rot indefinitely under ‘inhumane’ sentences outlawed 12 years ago
Criminal justice

2,600 forgotten prisoners left to rot indefinitely under ‘inhumane’ sentences outlawed 12 years ago

The Ha-Ha by Jennifer Dawson review – a spry and contemporary overlooked classic
Books

The Ha-Ha by Jennifer Dawson review – a spry and contemporary overlooked classic

Who needs meditation when you have a garden to potter in?
Paul McNamee

Who needs meditation when you have a garden to potter in?

One year on from the riots: The real-world cost of anti-women and anti-refugee politics
Carenza Arnold

One year on from the riots: The real-world cost of anti-women and anti-refugee politics

Few trafficking and modern slavery survivors get counselling. They have to face their trauma alone
Kate

Few trafficking and modern slavery survivors get counselling. They have to face their trauma alone

Labour promised to reduce health inequality – here’s how they can deliver
Mark Heffernan

Labour promised to reduce health inequality – here’s how they can deliver

I lived on a debt-stricken housing estate as an anthropologist – this is what I learned about poverty
Debt

I lived on a debt-stricken housing estate as an anthropologist – this is what I learned about poverty

We need to start treating gambling harm as a public health issue – here’s why
Dr Beccy Cooper

We need to start treating gambling harm as a public health issue – here’s why

Mental health patients find it ‘impossible to get help’ amid Manchester care crisis: ‘It makes you ill’
Mental health

Mental health patients find it ‘impossible to get help’ amid Manchester care crisis: ‘It makes you ill’

Such Brave Girls creator Kat Sadler: ‘There’s still a lot of poverty porn on TV – I’m not interested’
TV

Such Brave Girls creator Kat Sadler: ‘There’s still a lot of poverty porn on TV – I’m not interested’

Is a four-day working week inevitable? Latest UK pilot sees 100% success rate
Four-day working week

Is a four-day working week inevitable? Latest UK pilot sees 100% success rate

Oasis songs speak to people in a way other artists only dream of
Paul McNamee

Oasis songs speak to people in a way other artists only dream of

A moment in a maths class, aged 14, gave me the courage to tell people I was trans
Alice Jayde Wood

A moment in a maths class, aged 14, gave me the courage to tell people I was trans

James Arthur: ‘It’s too scary to even think about where I’d be if I didn’t do music’
Onside Takeover

James Arthur: ‘It’s too scary to even think about where I’d be if I didn’t do music’

School in its traditional form didn’t work for me – so I decided to homeschool myself
Chloe Jones

School in its traditional form didn’t work for me – so I decided to homeschool myself

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I was a class clown and didn’t care what happened to me. Joining a youth club changed everything
Onside Takeover

I was a class clown and didn’t care what happened to me. Joining a youth club changed everything

James Arthur gets candid about mental health with young superfan: ‘I struggled with fame’
Onside Takeover

James Arthur gets candid about mental health with young superfan: ‘I struggled with fame’

MPs vote to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales: ‘We are right to give people a choice’
Assisted dying

MPs vote to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales: ‘We are right to give people a choice’

This pharmacy prescribes words and poems to cure your tattered soul
Robin Ince

This pharmacy prescribes words and poems to cure your tattered soul