Laura Barton

Only one in 10 people wash their hands after going to the toilet yet as a society we have never found the idea of germs more disgusting.

They’re big business, but not all consumers seem to be aware that some health drinks contain more sugar than a bottle of Coke.

"Gossip," the grande dame of rumourmongers, Liz Smith, once noted, "is just news running ahead of itself in a red satin dress."

In the West placentas are usually incinerated, but placenta-planting ceremonies are becoming more common.

The days following Heath Ledger’s death have swirled with speculation, with tales of hard drugs and prescription pills, of anti-depressants and sleeping tablets. Amid all the…

Kiran Desai’s Booker-winning novel tracks from the Himalayas to Manhattan, just like the author. She speaks to Laura Barton.