Psychology

What Michelangelo’s late-in-life works reveal about his genius – and his humanness

13 minutes

Peregrinations of grief

A friend and a falcon went missing. In pain, I turned to ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’ – and found a new vision of sorrow and time

Emily Polk

Witness the pain

When loved ones are traumatically lost, bereaved families become accidental activists by turning grief into grievance

Chris Bobel

Demystifying death – a palliative care specialist’s practical guide to life’s end

4 minutes

Why cleaning up crime scenes requires a rare mix of grit and empathy

9 minutes

Against her father’s warnings, Debra resolves to learn about his time in Auschwitz

4 minutes

When grief doesn’t end

Suffering the sudden death of a loved person leaves some survivors stuck in grief. Can they win their lives back – and how?

Martin W Angler

A decade after his wife was swept away in a tsunami, Yasuo still searches the sea

9 minutes

When his elderly parents make a suicide pact, Doron struggles to accept their choice

19 minutes

‘It’s not beautiful, but it’s interesting’ – an ageing nude model surveys her body

4 minutes

Death is a trip – how new research links near-death and DMT experiences

9 minutes

Old not Other

Here’s a puzzle: why do we neglect and disdain the one vulnerable group we all eventually will join? Beauvoir had an answer

Kate Kirkpatrick & Sonia Kruks

How an end-of-life doula found her vocation as a companion for the dying

7 minutes

Love evolves and death isn’t worth your worry – life lessons from an 88-year-old

7 minutes

The gender of dementia

Are women really at greater risk from dementia? Until we reckon with social roles and inequalities, it’s impossible to say

Kate Gregorevic

A retired teacher embarks on a mission to find out what became of a beloved student

16 minutes