Josh Cohen

Anger is all around us, from divisive social media arguments and heightened political divides to road rage and personal spats; from Black Lives Matter and climate justice movements to Trump, incels and white supremacists. When it materialises, it seems to cry out for recognition and response. It affects our bodies and can transition into violence. It can be inherited through...

'A probing exploration of the creative and imaginative possibilities of inactivity' - The Financial Times 'To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world.' - Oscar Wilde More than ever before, we live in a culture that excoriates inactivity and demonises idleness. Work, connectivity, and a constant flow of information are the cultural norms, and a...

How reading can help us live a richer and more meaningful life, written by an eminent psychoanalyst and Professor of English Literature. What can Alice in Wonderland teach us about childhood? Could reading Conversations with Friends guide us through first love? Does Esther Greenwood's glittering success and subsequent collapse in The Bell Jar help us understand ambition? And, finally, what...