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Let’s talk about our feelings, not label normal emotions Psychologist Lucy Foulkes welcomes the drive to destigmatise mental illness but cautions we are in danger of labelling normal negative emotions as clinical disorders  Picture: iStock Suzanne Harrington In 2008, when Lucy Foulkes was aged 20, her life looked idyllic. She had a loving family, great friends, a lovely boyfriend. At university, she was studying psychology, which she adored, and had a great summer job as a swimming instruct...

‘God, I never thought we’d be this old!’: Miquita Oliver and Simon Amstell on Popworld turning 20 Hadley Freeman © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian “Oh God, this whole thing is like what we used to take the piss out of on the show!” groans Simon Amstell, horrified by my question. I am sitting in my garden with him and his former co-presenter Miquita Oliver and I just asked if they see the influence of the seminal Channel 4 music show, P...

Celebrating the seminal ego-pricking teen TV show, its original hosts talk friendship, grilling musicians and why the show wouldn’t work in 2021

FIVE WORLD class comedians, in two studios with multi-camera setups, in two different cities in two different countries, and a live virtual audience? It can only be the Online KARLnival.

Louis Theroux: ‘I worry about not coming up to scratch’ Louis Theroux. Styling: Tanja Martin. Grooming: Petra Sellge at the Wall Group. Clothes, all Gucci. Photograph: David Vintiner/The Guardian He made a film on Joe Exotic a decade before Tiger King, lulls interviewees into personal revelations – and can rock a leather suit. So why is he so anxious? Sat 10 Apr 2021 03.00 EDT “There’s no getting away from the fact that, even aged 50, I’m a slightly awkward person,...

Ruby Wax to headline Initiative for Financial Wellbeing 2021 conference ‘It’s OK not to be OK’, says IFW chairman Chris Budd Ruby Wax to speak at Initiative for Financial Wellbeing conference Mark Battersby Comedian Ruby Wax is to head the line-up of speakers for the Initiative for Financial Wellbeing’s 2021 annual conference. The Making Happiness Pay conference, which will take place on 26 and 27 May, is aimed at providing anyone who works in the financial world with tools and resourc...

Comedian Luisa Omielan is bringing her latest show to the Aberdeen International Comedy Festival,  fresh from a successful run off-Broadway.

Best Medicine event on the first anniversary of lockdown A series of online events exploring the links between comedy and mental health is to be launched on the anniversary of the first lockdown. Ruby Wax, Tim Key and Felicity Ward are among the comics taking part in the Best Medicine Festival, which aims to celebrate the way in which comedy can both destigmatise and raise awareness of mental health issues. The festival kicks off on Tuesday March 23 with its keynote event: a panel discussion w...

What was the first book you remember reading? I’VE always been a bookworm, so my childhood was inundated with books. The Harry Potter series are of course notable, but I remember reading and loving Raspberries on the Yangtze, by Karen Wallace. The book starts with, “It all began the day my brother and I decided to poison our mother...” How can you not be intrigued with an opening like that? Do you prefer fiction or non-fiction? I RUN a little copy writing and proofreading busi...

Wimbledon Bookfest announce dates for two summer festivals Organisers at Wimbledon BookFest have announced plans for two summer festivals this year. The ‘Sunrise’ and ‘Sunset’ festivals will be held in June and September for five days each on Wimbledon Common. Wimbledon BookFest was one of the few live literary festivals to take place last year. It successfully pivoted its normal 10-day festival in October to hold a long weekend of coronavirus safe events in the summer, when a win...