Bankers: No one likes them and we don't care

Aversion to moneylenders is nothing new, says a former investment banker. Now the credit crisis has given the demonology a whole new life

The best insults of all time?

The latest book by Times columnist Matthew Parris celebrates mudslinging down the ages, from Socrates to Sharon Stone

How can I make my son go to school?

Dr Tanya Byron advises a reader who is struggling with a 14-year-old son who is verbally abusive and anxious

I told you so: bankers are brainless

Nassim Taleb, maverick intellectual, former trader and inventor of black swan theory, explains why the banks got it wrong

The diary of Caitlin Moran, aged 13 3/4

“Fourteen shot in small market town. Bad. Watched Howard the Duck and ate choc ices. Brill.”

Feeling down? Take a dose of Nature's Prozac

From St John's Wort to a stroll in the park, there are plenty of ways to beat the blues and remain buoyant and healthy

Mrs Mills solves all your problems

Lodgers are best avoided, unless you are anxious to spice up your sex life

People like me

Richard Garriott and his father, Owen

Richard Garriott, 47, a computer-game designer and developer, is an investor in the space-tourism business Space Adventures. His father, Owen...

Going Up

Best of Times, Worst of Times: Flossie Ravenscroft

Flossie Ravenscroft, 26, youngest daughter of John Peel, has been collaborating on a collection of his writings, The Olivetti Chronicles

Valley girl

Slow train to Italy

I didn’t get where I am today without...

The Rev Al Green, 62, pastor and soul music star

Microtrends: Mass customisation

Need custom-mixed muesli? Now you have a choice of 556 quadrillion options...

The dark ages

Celebrity Watch: winners and losers

Adrien Brody, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lily Cole - find out where they and others figure on the fame barometer

Iceland: the land of cool turns bitter

Iceland's financier-Vikings made their homeland trendy and wealthy - until the banking crisis left it with crippling debts

I slept with my teacher, but he's no sex offender

Teacher-pupil affairs can be abusive, but should not lead to prosecutions if the pupil is of age, says a seduced student

Therapy notes: the flaws in a perfectionist

Harmony is important to long-term relationship health. But it's the testing times that strengthen a relationship

The turn-ons and turn-offs of Britt Ekland

The Swedish actress, novelist and former Bond girl is 66 and she still loves old-fashioned courtships, dinner included