The origins of nastiness in other people can be deeply hard to fathom, especially if we have done nothing to them. The answer is strangely and consolingly simple… It happens pretty much all the time: a small jabbing comment, a joke at our expense amidst a group of old friends, a line of sarcasm, a … Read more

It can be very hard to detect just how much our judgement is constantly affected by our feelings. We should – at points – take care to be very sceptical of our first impulses. It’s easy to grow up with a benign sense that our minds broadly offer us a reliable impression of ourselves, the … Read more

Loneliness shouldn’t be seen as a strange aberration; it’s a basic feature of life we should make our peace with in good time. There are few more shameful confessions to make than that we are lonely. The basic assumption is that no respectable person could ever feel isolated – unless they had just moved country … Read more

Social networking has opened opportunities to keep in touch with people you probably would have forgotten. At the same time set a trap – comparing with others, we began to feel the anxiety and emptiness. People more and more are forgetting how to chat with each other. How to enjoy little things in life. Most … Read more