In general, the Western body has become a global brand.

From a child's point of view, there is rarely a great time for parents to separate, even if there has been a lot of commotion and fighting.

Fat people are so rarely included in visual culture that fat is perceived as a blot on the landscape of sleek and slim.

No one likes to feel helpless. We find it psychologically unbearable and inside ourselves we may try to make ourselves part author of our misfortune rather than simply the recipient of it.

Public intellectuals come from a range of areas and use their expertise to comment more widely than just their field. They want to make a contribution to public space, and they stick their necks out to do it.

We accept there's an emotional aspect to life. But we're not very developed in our ways of understanding it.

In general, the Western body has become a global brand.