I approached sleep like a problem to be solved - behaviourally, nutritionally, technologically. It turns out I was a tad ...

‘For nearly 40 years, every doctor I’ve pleaded with has announced that the problem is in my head.’Composite: The Guardian/Getty Images In February, I taught memoir writing at a conference in Mexico ...

In the run-up to Christmas 2018, wobbly with delirium on a station platform packed with partygoers, I nearly fell under a train. Insomnia – not the “I woke at 3am for a bit” type, but the brutalising ...

For decades people have been told they need seven to nine hours of sleep - warned that anything less could result in obesity, depression and even dementia. However, Dutch sleep scientist Dr Merijn van ...

I’ve longed for sleep all my life. Getting more sleep has been one of my New Year’s resolutions for decades. Recounting stories of my early childhood insomnia, my mother would describe how I’d lie in ...

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. I like to tell people that the night before I stopped sleeping, I slept. Not only that: I slept well. Years ...