Emma Beddington

Being human is so complicated – all that doubt, dread and self-loathing. Dogs have a much better time of it. But can I access their world of pure sensation?

In 2021, I see I sent my home-alone eldest 12 unanswered messages over three days. I have to face facts: they’re just not that into me

In extreme cases sleep disorders could be life-threatening

In extreme cases sleep disorders could be life-threatening 'Perfectly sane by day, but transformed into disturbed alien creatures by night.'In 2003, the Observer investigated, not werewolves, but parasomniacs.

The worst bit was the maths. I’m 49 and haven’t worked out two-thirds of anything since 1992

The singer, dancer, superstar and (as it later turned out) spy had been the toast of Paris in the 1920s

I’m nearly 50 and my hobby is sitting. Why did I decide to attempt a strange version of the handstand, writes Emma Beddington

People’s experiences were very different, and it wasn’t always easy

Forget blue zones, superfoods and hi-tech rejuvenation therapies: study after study suggests our dreams of immortality will never come true. But maybe that’s just the kick in the pants humanity needs, writes Emma Beddington

So the late queen mother’s handbag was empty all along. Proof again, if we needed it, that the royals are not like us at all, writes Emma Beddington