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Circus, Culture, England, Health, Health & wellbeing, Life and style, London, loneliness, Mental health, Older people, Society, Stage, UK newsRoll up, roll up! Older generation find joy and fearlessness in circus
Rumman Talukder’s favourite circus trick is called the Mermaid. Every Sunday, the…
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Counselling and therapy, Culture, Film, Mental health, Podcasts, Psychiatry, Psychology, Rose Byrne, Television, Television & radioShrinks on the verge of a nervous breakdown: how horror movies came for therapists
There is an old adage that “every therapist needs a therapist”. Even…
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Bulimia, Comedy, Culture, eating disorders, family, Health, Life and style, Mental health, Photography, SocietyComedian Joanne McNally looks back: ‘In my 20s, my bulimia was spiralling out of control. My breakdown was the making of me’
Joanne McNally in 1986 and recreating the image in 2026Joanne McNally in…
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Night Swimming by Sharon Kernot review – a sharp, sexy and tremendously satisfying thriller in verse
One of the most striking aspects of Sharon Kernot’s verse novel Night…
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Americas, Canada, Culture, Drama films, Film, Health, Mental health, Psychiatry, Society, World newsBlue Heron review – sombre and sophisticated portrait of childhood trauma in 1990s Canada
The past folds into the present in this very fine debut feature…
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AI (artificial intelligence), bullying, California, Children, Culture, depression, Documentary films, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Feminism, Film, Gavin Newsom, Hillary Clinton, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Kamala Harris, Mark Zuckerberg, Mental health, Pornography, Social media, Social media ban, Surveillance, Technology, US news, West Coast, WomenJennifer Siebel Newsom’s new film shines a light on the human cost of unregulated social media
Life moves pretty fast. It is Monday lunchtime when Jennifer Siebel Newsom…
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Lil Nas X shares update after getting mental health care: ‘There’s less fear in my heart’
The musician Lil Nas X posted a moving video update to his…
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Familiar Touch review – Kathleen Chalfant is wonderful in subtle, sensual memory loss drama
Profoundly tender and yet untainted by the slightest trace of sentiment, this…
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‘My diagnosis was a blessing’: composer Sally Beamish on tackling the condition that ruined every joyful memory
It was 2023. The holiday of a lifetime, in Australia, had begun,…
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I was punched on the school bus. Being violently bullied changed me – and affected one of the biggest decisions of my life
The bullying began shortly after my fifth birthday. My family had moved…
