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Rethinking repression − why memory researchers reject the idea of recovered memories of trauma

In 1990, George Franklin was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison based on the testimony of his 28-year-old daughter Eileen. She described seeing him rape her best friend and then smash her skull with a rock.

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‘Orgasms are a marvellous happiness’. Shere Hite gave voice to female sexuality in a landmark book – but the backlash was fierce

In our feminist classics series we revisit influential works.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Right whales, premium cigars, and tax evasion.

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The weird psychology of airports

Many of us have witnessed unusual and even anti-social behaviour at an airport or on a flight. These may range from benign acts such as sleeping on the floor or doing yoga in front of the flight information display system to serious incidents like early morning drunken arguments or even…

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Can philosophy help us manage anxiety? A new book suggests reading the great thinkers can calm our minds

Anxiety, a philosophical guide is a book of therapeutic philosophy. Author Samir Chopra’s aim is to take us through the history of philosophy, pointing out those thinkers along the way who have shaped its course.

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Barry Malzberg obituary

Prolific science fiction writer who conceived alternative lives for figures including Emily Dickinson and Sigmund Freud

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Penis envy, the Oedipus complex and authentic paths to meaning: 25 writers, from Siri Hustvedt to Colm Toibin, reflect on Freud’s legacy

One of the more appealing customs of psychoanalysis is that analysts must be analysed. If you are going to put others on the couch you should lie on it first yourself. That way your psychic wrinkles can be identified – maybe even ironed out – before you are let loose…

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Sex and taboos: how Sigmund Freud’s ideas freed secrets of the female psyche

An exhibition at the psychoanalyst’s London home and two new stage shows have reopened the debate on women’s desires

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Freud is coming back into fashion

Letters: Deborah Anna Luepnitz and Desmond Hewitt respond to Jacqueline Rose’s article on the great psychoanalyst

The Guardian - UK

Bella Freud x M&S: the designer on her new collaboration and best pieces to shop now

Bella Freud tells Joe Bromley her M&S collab is anything but cosy

Evening Standard

What Sigmund Freud can teach us about the Middle East and #MeToo

In a world ravaged by war and sexual violence, a new edition of the great psychoanalyst’s works is a reminder of his continuing relevance, says academic Jacqueline Rose

The Guardian - UK

Lucian Freud 'Masterpiece' Fetches GBP13.9 Million At London Sale

A nude by Lucian Freud that took 16 months to paint sold for GBP13.9 million ($18.2 million) at a London auction on Wednesday, the first time the work, hailed as a "masterpiece," has come to market.

International Business Times

There is no future for ageing women: how The Substance uses body-horror in a feminist critique

In The Substance, the career of former actor Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) is diminished to daytime aerobics instructor on a television network. On her 50th birthday, she is made redundant by a network executive, Harvey (Dennis Quaid), who tells her “renewal is inevitable”.

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How Sigmund Freud attempted to solve the ‘riddle’ of Leonardo da Vinci’s genius

The idea that prowess in activities like playing chess or writing poetry might be “fuelled” by frustrated, unconscious sexual desire is fairly well known today. But writing more than a century ago, Sigmund Freud was considered radical in his explanation of how sexual impulses could be transformed into creative or…

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Viennese waltz: top travel tips for a spin around Austria’s capital

From the ferris wheel featured in the Third Man to an evening with Mozart and the world’s largest collection of Klimts, here’s how to make the most of a break in Vienna

The Guardian - UK

Freud was ‘misunderstood’ and wasn’t so obsessed with sex, new analysis of work suggests

A new edition of his theories on dreams argues that he used ‘sexuality’ to describe any purely pleasureable activity

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Meet Duke Ellington – A Therapy Cat Who Helps With Anxiety In San Francisco International Airport

While so many people find traveling nerve-racking, Francisco International Airport teamed up with therapy animals to reduce anxiety and stress. The post Meet Duke Ellington – A Therapy Cat Who Helps With Anxiety In San Francisco International Airport first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Meet Rupert Murdoch’s nepo babies fighting for control of dad’s multibillion-dollar media empire

The patriarch of Fox and News Corp. appears to have chosen a favorite.

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House of the Dragon fans react as incest scene ‘crosses every limit’

The latest fantasy scene starring Matt Smith’s Daemon featured another Targaryen relative

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Leonora Carrington: Rebel Visionary review – wild dreams of a titan of surrealism finally get their due

This is an ecstatic reminder of all that is liberating in surrealist art by an extraordinary artist who was still unlocking her unconscious well into her 90s

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Frederick Crews obituary

Provocative but witty literary critic known for his satirical Winnie the Pooh essays and his opposition to Freudianism

The Guardian - UK

One night I’m a murderer, the next my husband’s having an affair. Why do we have the dreams that we do?

We’ve stopped believing they’re messages from the gods. So what are dreams – and what purpose do they serve? Here’s what the science says

The Independent UK

I can’t stop dreaming about Keir Starmer – help!

For months, Louis Chilton has been having angry nocturnal visions of the Labour Party leader. He asks an expert what these dreams might mean – and how on earth he can make them stop

The Guardian - UK

Freud’s Last Session review – what-if meeting of minds with Anthony Hopkins as the master analyst

Hopkins’ Sigmund Freud locks horns with Matthew Goode’s CS Lewis in an imaginary encounter that is watchable but not terribly profound

The Guardian - UK

Insight! Sensitivity! Genius! Our critic picks the top five masterpieces in the National Gallery

It started from scratch – and became one of the world’s greatest collections. As the National Gallery celebrates its 200th birthday, we pick five sublime works – from a serene statesman to Van Gogh’s blazing blooms

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