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...becoming a normal feature of the cultural calendar. In fact, research shows that over three-quarters of people in the UK have heard of Veganuary. But its rapid expansion may be surprising. The brainchild of its founders Jane Land and Matthew Glover, Veganuary began with just 3,300 sign-ups in 2014. Since then, it’s mushroomed (no pun intended!) to 1.8 million people...

...become our ‘in-group’. Players and fans of other clubs become an ‘out-group’, and psychologists have found that whilst in-groups will cohere by adopting shared beliefs and behaviours, they will also feel hostility towards out-groups, particularly when groups are put in a position where they must compete against each other. In-group to out-group Of course, the...

...become the lens through which everything else about them was understood. Assessment gathered symptoms. Symptoms led towards diagnosis. Diagnosis directed treatment, and that treatment was often medical and service-led professional expertise carried considerable authority over how the person's experience was understood. Of course, diagnosis has not disappeared, nor are we...

...become scared - with all the physical manifestations that take place when you become fearful? But why can't he just tell himself that the snake isn't dangerous? He finds it almost impossible to 'turn off' his fear, even when it is irrational. It seems that some 'emotional centre' in his brain doesn't readily listen to his 'reasoning' brain. In a previous the programme on...