Self Improvement

It’s the easiest way to elevate an outfit.

When Bernadette Russell decided to perform one good deed every day for a year, it made a difference to the world around her but also had a big impact on her own life.

A surprising route to the best life possible.

People will be far more open-minded than you realise if you adopt these simple conversational techniques.

Five minutes of smartly designed play can make a big difference to your pet’s well being.

In August, 1918, Virginia Woolf spent a quiet stretch at Asheham, the country house that she and her husband, Leonard, rented in rural Sussex. “We’ve been practically alone, which has a very spiritual effect upon the mind,” Woolf wrote to a friend, the socialite Lady Ottoline Morrell.

You’ve probably heard about Careless People, a new book written by former Meta director of global policy Sarah Wynn-Williams. Or, if not, maybe you’ve heard that there’s a book that Meta’s founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, would really rather you ignore.

In Microsoft Excel, you can permanently hide columns containing data you don't need to have on show. However, grouping columns is often a better way to achieve the same outcome, especially if you're dealing with large datasets or looking for ways to make your spreadsheet more flexible.

In 2011, Victor Saad, a secondary school teacher, decided he wanted a new career. At first, he considered getting an MBA.

Laurie Santos, a cognitive scientist at Yale, teaches the most popular course in the university’s three-hundred-year history, Psychology and the Good Life. One of her central messages—in the class, and on the podcast it inspired—is that, when it comes to happiness, we have some agency.