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Professor of clinical psychology Paul Gilbert has drawn on neuroscience, evolutionary, social, developmental, and Buddhist ideas to formulate the new Compassion Focused Therapy.

'We want to be the world leader in terms of making a real impact in this absolutely vital area.' The words of Henry Bellingham MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, speaking for the UK government during the House of Commons Westminster Hall debate on 21 June 2011.

Report by Eddy Canfor-Dumas

So argues frustrated dog owner Julia Stephenson, owner of Nutty, the loveliest dog in England

When my mother died last year her small 13-year-old sheltie, Nutty, came to live with us in our London flat. But although I knew it would be difficult to keep a dog in town, it was a terrible shock to discover how anti-dog the UK has become.

A delightful visual diary of a flight from New York to Berlin created by illustrator Christoph Niemann. And what are those little holes in the airplane window for?

How did the child of drug addicted parents get herself off the streets of New York City to Harvard University?  When she was 16 years old Elizabeth Murray’s mother died of drug-related illness and she determined that her own life would be different.