The Latest Breaking News from Sigmund Freud

Fizzing with intelligence, and featuring a catastrophic misunderstanding and a deeply symbolic cigar, this richly imagined play feels all too plausible

The industry’s biggest stars turned out at the Elle Style Awards in London to celebrate all things fashion.

Begging doctors for tests, I worried that I was missing something and heading for an early death. Would understanding the roots of my health anxiety lead me to a cure?

The Pulitzer Prize–winning author discusses the enduring roots of Middle Eastern conflict, the rise and fall of cultural panics, and why Texas may be the blueprint—and battleground—for America's future.

On the Austria episode of Conan O’Brien Must Go, Conan doesn’t feel other travel hosts put as much effort in as he does (while he’s dressed as Sigmund Freud).

Last One Laughing is a battle royale for stand-ups. Ten comedians, one room, surrounded by cameras. Laugh once and they’re warned. Laugh again, and they’re out. Last comic left wins.

Think of Sigmund Freud, the “father of psychoanalysis”, and a few images probably come to mind. A smouldering cigar. His small wire-frame glasses. And of course, his psychoanalytic couch – the divan his patients would lie on during sessions. While the couch has become an enduring symbol of Freud’s practice,…

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.

In our feminist classics series we revisit influential works.