Matthew Handley

Oxford history student, Debate Mate mentor, football fanatic

"I have cried every day for two years. I took an overdose and, when that didn't work, I tried to hang myself." Words which alarm in both their tragic content and disarming honesty. More surprising than the words themselves though is the source; former footballer, Dean Windass.

Rita Pal

Independent Medical Journalist. Former Psychiatrist and NHS Whistleblower

Life moves fast. It often moves too fast to take a step back and consider how this is affecting our lives or that of our loved ones. Society is filled...

Paul Hobson

Journalist and sports fan

None of us wanted him to go. Gary Speed brightened many lives. But in death, after the shock, the mourning and the tributes, may he continue to do so.

Jamie Lewis

New Age Journalist; Entrepreneur

Although a huge number of men and women are gripped in the tendrils of depression - up to 4% of men and 5% of women according to Samaritans - it can still be a social faux pas for some. A factor of embarrassment can force people to suffer in silence, which in today's society shouldn't be occurring as regularly as it does.

Josh White

Freelance writer and sub-editor at The Times

It's not funny, Frankie Boyle, if Rebecca Adlington has a face like a spoon. It's funny because none of us care even slightly if she is hurt by the joke - because she's famous, she can take it.