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What would it mean to love a stranger just as you love your closest friends? A philosopher makes a case for ‘love ethics’ ...

I’d always been interested in the stories my parents and grandparents told about their lives in Iraq, which seemed so impossibly distant from my childhood in 1970s London. It was only when I became a ...

We all make wrong decisions, but if you’re a ‘maximiser’ rather than a ‘satisficer’, the regret hurts all the more ...

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Can home videos help us to know someone who’s gone? A filmmaker searches for her late mother through archival family footage ...

Sartre’s phenomenology reveals the shift from subject to object (and back) is not just grammar. It is a matter of power ...

To some, the idea of leaving a religion can seem as innocuous as cancelling a gym membership. However, for many who have left a faith tradition, the reality is much more complicated. As a psychologist ...

Visualisation activates similar brain areas as real-life experiences. Here’s how to use mental imagery to improve results ...

A few years ago, Jessica Pan – a young journalist living in London and with the world at her feet – found herself at a low point. Life had become predictable and samey. ‘I realised that I was using ...

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