Kate Edgar
Women and Education
If you've read Uncle Tungsten, Dr. Sacks’s memoir of his boyhood, you may remember that his grandparents Marcus and [...]
Wonders Large and Small
Small wonder: Moss microscopy by Magdalena Turzanska January 1, 2014 Dear Friends, Only a week or two ago, [...]
Thank you, readers!
This Thanksgiving, we thank you, dear readers, for your support. And since Thanksgiving is time for pie, here’s [...]
Freedom to Read
What do Rachel Carson, J. R. R. Tolkien, Aldous Huxley, William Styron, Toni Morrison, Galileo, Mark Twain, Judy [...]
On Turning 80
The last few weeks have been exciting! Hallucinations just came out in paperback in the US and UK, and is [...]
Write On!
Forty years ago today, the first edition of Awakenings was published in England. It was the second book by a [...]
Ending the Stigma of Mental Illness
President Obama, marking National Mental Health Awareness Month, has called for an end to the shame [...]
Now Hear This!
April 3 is our good friend Jane Goodall’s birthday—happy gold (79) birthday to you, Jane! If you are interested in [...]
“Words, words, words.”
Dr. Sacks has just returned from a three-day visit to the University of Warwick, where he gave a lecture [...]
