Photograph: Guardian Design TeamIts defenders claim to be standing up for uncomfortable truths, but race science is still as bogus as ever. By Gavin Evans
by Gavin EvansOne of the strangest ironies of our time is that a body of thoroughly debunked “science” is being revived by people who claim to be defending truth against a rising tide of ignorance. The idea that certain races are inherently more intelligent than others is being trumpeted by a small group of anthropologists, IQ researchers, psychologists and pundits who portray themselves as noble dissidents, standing up for inconvenient facts. Read More...
Lamorna Ash photographed in Newlyn, Cornwall. Photograph: Jim Wileman/The ObserverFor her debut book Dark, Salt, Clear, the young writer immersed herself in a Cornish fishing community, a life-changing experience that led to one of spring’s most hotly anticipated titles
by Rachel CookeLamorna Ash has a hunch about seasickness: a conviction that there could be more than one reason why a person might feel suddenly queasy up on deck. “A fisherman told me that his cousin never used to suffer from seasickness at all,” she says. Read More...
Sex and intimacy: a user's guideHealth & wellbeingAt 35, I realised I had no idea what I really wanted in bed – or how to ask for it. So I went on a sex odyssey, one orgasm at a time
My story, like all the greats, starts with a disappointing wank. I was on one of the big free porn sites and I saw something that disturbed me.
Now, I was used to porn; I had been using/watching/waiting for it to buffer for years. Read More...