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“Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?”

- William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

About Paul Tritschler

Paul Tritschler is a psychology lecturer in Suffolk. Follow him on twitter @TritschlerPaul.

Articles by Paul Tritschler

This week’s front page editor

Clare Sambrook, investigative journalist, co-edits Shine a Light.

European integration

Six countries. Six different paths to EU integration.

No to TTIP

The secretive EU-US trade deal explained

Constitutional conventions: best practice

Why stories matter

Paul Tritschler 26 April 2017

Stories cultivate the frequently forgotten yet uniquely human traits that build solidarity.

Listen to a recorded audio version of this article courtesy of curio.io.

Can contemplating death improve the quality of life?

Paul Tritschler 20 February 2017

Deep reflective thought about death can bring us closer to self-compassion and concern for the well-being of others.

Is communism dead, and can spirituality revive it?

Paul Tritschler 21 November 2016

Every cultural transformation in history has reached into the most intimate sphere of human motivation.

How war dehumanises everyone it touches

Paul Tritschler 19 October 2016

All acts of mass murder are crimes against humanity, and require a gross debasing of other people.

What’s the point of prison?

Paul Tritschler 28 September 2016

Well over half of all prisoners in the UK have personality disorders and other mental health problems. What are we doing?

Is there life after capitalism?

Paul Tritschler 13 June 2016

What’s the point of living longer if we face more years of isolation, poverty and neglect?

What’s the point of education?

Paul Tritschler 11 April 2016

Can creativity survive in the climate of fear and coercion that’s emerging in our schools?