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Relationship advice: Forget Venus and Mars

A relationship guru explains that it's better to concentrate on the mismatched narratives in our relationships

Anna Blundy, The Browser Tuesday, Sep 4, 2012 12:00 PM UTC
Life The Browser, relationships, Sex

What can we learn from the Great Depression?

Robert Barro, a professor at Harvard, takes issue with perceived wisdoms about America's greatest economic collapse

Sophie Roell, The Browser Monday, Aug 27, 2012 11:45 AM UTC 19
Life The Browser

Will Self, on himself

The English author discusses his most lasting influences

Five Books, The Browser Monday, Aug 20, 2012 11:45 AM UTC
Life The Browser, Will Self

Sharing is in our nature

We associate natural selection with selfish behavior, but evolution suggests this is far from the truth

Toby Ash, The Browser Monday, Aug 13, 2012 11:45 AM UTC
Life The Browser, Evolution, Darwin

Paula Fredriksen on sin

Tortured by the sins of your past? The historian of Christianity recommends five books you won't repent reading

Jane Rudloff, The Browser Monday, Jul 30, 2012 11:45 AM UTC
Entertainment The Browser, Books, Religion

Kyle Pruett on Fatherhood

Fathers and mothers play very different roles in a child’s development, says the professor of child psychiatry, who recommends essential reading for both parents

Eve Gerber, The Browser Monday, Jul 23, 2012 11:00 AM UTC
Entertainment The Browser, Parenting, Books

Five great published diaries

Satirist and author Craig Brown gives his recommendations from Andy Warhol to Harpo Marx

Alec Ash, The Browser Monday, Jul 16, 2012 11:00 AM UTC
Entertainment The Browser, Memoir, Books

Eric Berkowitz on sex and society

The author of "Sex and Punishment" discusses how people have sought to regulate sex

The Browser Monday, Jul 9, 2012 11:45 AM UTC 20
Life The Browser, Sex, History, Books

Sarah Churchwell on Gatsby

Fitzgerald’s classic novel, set during a hedonistic zenith before the Great Depression, has fresh appeal today

Daisy Banks, The Browser Monday, Jul 2, 2012 11:00 AM UTC
Entertainment The Browser

Paul Theroux on travelling

Travel is a leap in the dark, says Paul Theroux – and one that will leave you a different person at the other end

Alec Ash, The Browser Monday, Jun 25, 2012 11:00 AM UTC
Entertainment The Browser, Books, Travel

John Dickie on the Italian Mafia

The biggest Italian mafias remain powerful. The author of Mafia Brotherhoods says it's not all in the family

Toby Ash, The Browser Monday, Jun 18, 2012 11:00 AM UTC
Entertainment The Browser

The Queen

The royal biographer Robert Lacey considers Queen Elizabeth II in her diamond jubilee year

Daisy Banks, The Browser Monday, Jun 11, 2012 11:00 AM UTC
Entertainment The Browser

Everyday ethics

A philosopher talks about what we owe future generations and whether we should be able to sell our organs

Alec Ash, The Browser Tuesday, May 8, 2012 12:00 AM UTC
Entertainment Philosophy, The Browser

Euro buyer’s remorse

Economist Barry Eichengreen explains the EU's present crisis and why the currency will ultimately pull through

Sophie Roell, The Browser Friday, May 4, 2012 12:00 PM UTC
Entertainment The Browser

Gender debunked

“SM femme tranny dyke” Kate Bornstein talks about why gender isn't binary and the origins of transphobia

Eve Gerber, The Browser Thursday, May 3, 2012 12:00 PM UTC 31
Entertainment The Browser

The color-blind scales of justice?

Law scholar Kenneth Mack explains America's warring legal ideals of equality and exclusion

Eve Gerber, The Browser Wednesday, May 2, 2012 12:00 PM UTC
Entertainment The Browser

America’s failing powerhouse

Michael Lind traces our rise to economic dominance, and why we need more government involvement to revive it

Toby Ash, The Browser Monday, Apr 30, 2012 12:00 PM UTC
Politics The Browser, U.S. Economy

Immortality junkies

A writer and philosopher explains our obsession with living forever, from the concept of heaven to modern cryonics

Sophie Roell, The Browser Thursday, Apr 26, 2012 12:00 PM UTC
Entertainment The Browser

Information hoarders

A Harvard history professor explains how human societies evolved to collect, organize and use data

Eve Gerber, The Browser Wednesday, Apr 25, 2012 12:00 PM UTC
Entertainment The Browser

Secrets of Southern California

"L.A.'s number one muckracker" talks about the City of Angels' stars, scandals and serial killers

Eve Gerber, The Browser Tuesday, Apr 24, 2012 9:00 AM UTC 17
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