Diane reanimates the letters her father sent from prison 15 years ago to understand the chasm that now lies between them ...

Unquestioned community rules on marriage, dining and even black cats often stem from our hunger to explain random events ...

I’ve cut brains in half, excised tumours – even removed entire lobes. The illusion of the self and free will survives it all ...

Conversation is a game with rules about politeness and norms. To move beyond small talk, you need to risk breaking them ...

Grief’s ‘double vision’ beholds both the bereaved and dead. Recognising this duality helps explain our ability to move on ...

is a detective chief superintendent and associate professor at the Norwegian Police University College in Oslo, and has 15 years’ experience as a senior detective in the Oslo Police department and at ...

is a therapist and metacognitive specialist, managing several clinics in Denmark and providing metacognitive therapy online in English. She has a PhD from Manchester University and trained with the ...

is a researcher in philosophy and psychoanalytic theory at University College London, and a writer on politics and social theory. He writes the Substack Antagonisms of the Everyday.

is a lecturer in 20th- and 21st-century literature at Coventry University, UK. She co-edited the book Don DeLillo: Contemporary Critical Perspectives (2018). Her first nonfiction book will be ...