Consciousness - the ‘chimera’ of psychology? … or its ultimate focus? Max Velmans introduces a special collection. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

A personal experience of guilt… Psychologist Chris Moore shares the opening chapter of his new book, 'The Power of Guilt: Why We Feel It and It's Surprising Power to Heal'. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

You have a diagnosis – now what? Autistic coaching practitioner Sophie Longley explains why we need to rethink support , around the potential for growth and ‘grelief’. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Please complete the following sentence, for possible inclusion in our March edition… "Psychology needs a … revolution"

A personal experience of guilt… Psychologist Chris Moore shares the opening chapter of his new book, 'The Power of Guilt: Why We Feel It and It's Surprising Power to Heal'. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Ellie Buckley is not the first Traitors contestant who features in our archive... www.bps.org.uk/psychologist... ...but I think she's the first one who's a @bpsofficial.bsky.social member!

First edition of 2026 has landed

If anyone happens to be sitting on piles of quarter-of-a-century-old back issues of The Psychologist, I'm still looking for January, May and June 2001 to complete a set… (And if you're Tim Davies on eBay, I can't quite bring myself to pay £6.49 each for them...)

Our January/February issue in The Psychologist app...

Our January/February issue… www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Consciousness - the ‘chimera’ of psychology? … or its ultimate focus? Max Velmans introduces a special collection. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

In conversation, a true conference… I report from today’s #CADay2025, hosted by @darg-sessions.bsky.social www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

‘People can build their own personalised anti-overwhelm prescription...' @daryloconnor.bsky.social hears from @claudiahammond.bsky.social about her new book @canongate.co.uk www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Step into our January time machine… www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Congratulations to all Psychologists recognised in the King's New Year Honours list... on a quick scan I see Rhona Flin, Andrew Steptoe, Divine Charura, Judith Gould, Charlotte Hodges, Lydia Tischler. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/694929...

‘People can build their own personalised anti-overwhelm prescription...' @daryloconnor.bsky.social hears from @claudiahammond.bsky.social about her new book @canongate.co.uk www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

One foot in government, one foot in academia... @drkeriwong.bsky.social on why trust is the most valuable currency in bridging the academic-government gap. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Leaderhood' in turbulent times... Dr Amra Rao with themes from her new @bpsofficial.bsky.social @routledgebooks.bsky.social book. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

It was a pleasure to attend #CADay2025 and present some of my findings from my PhD project. Check out @jonsutton.bsky.social's report to find out more about my presentation!

Please, I am begging everyone, stop using AI to generate content for submissions! We are working on urgently writing this into our policies, but for now surely the fact that any reference list you ask Chat GPT to generate is basically nonsense should be enough to make you pause for thought...

The Trustee of the BPS Welfare Fund write in www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

‘A meaningful psychology career doesn’t have to follow a straight line…’ Rhema Akintunde on ‘learning to do things differently’ in the struggles after graduation… www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Psychology is not ‘Woke’: Examining claims of liberal bias. @bmhughes.bsky.social with the argument from his book, ‘Psychology’s Quiet Conservatism: How a Supposedly Woke Science Promotes Capitalism and Protects Privilege’. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Who or what would you like to see grace our cover in 2026? Comment below or reach me on [email protected] We're after 'personal, practical, persuasive' - guidance here www.bps.org.uk/contribute-p... And of course, you can search www.bps.org.uk/psychologist to see what we've already put out!

Four ways Psychology matters in 2026 … the workstreams of @bpsofficial.bsky.social ‘Psychology Matters’ campaign… www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

If, for some bizarre reason, you would like to *watch* this rather than listen to it, you can now do so www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDd_... I look very hot and shiny.

Can I just say a big thank you to all the publishers we've worked with in 2025. I'm really proud of our 'Books' coverage, and lots of publishers / publicists / authors have been very helpful in sharing extracts, Q&As and more. www.bps.org.uk/collections/...

Many thanks to @jonsutton.bsky.social @psychmag.bsky.social and honorary @darg-sessions.bsky.social CA day member for a lovely - & extremely rapid - summary of #LboroCAday2025 #EMCA 🥳🎄 @charlesantaki.bsky.social @emma-richardson.bsky.social @saulalbert.bsky.social www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

In conversation, a true conference… I report from today’s #CADay2025, hosted by @darg-sessions.bsky.social www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

‘A meaningful psychology career doesn’t have to follow a straight line…’ Rhema Akintunde on ‘learning to do things differently’ in the struggles after graduation… www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Four worthy winners of the @bpsofficial.bsky.social Book Award - all books we have covered www.bps.org.uk/psychologist... Congratulations @ginarippon.bsky.social @lawbender.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social Roxanne Khan, Laura Scarrone Bonhomme, Dr Michael Beattie and Skye Davies.

The move from victimhood to possibility… Philippa Smethurst reviews James Graham's play, Punch. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

🎙️Join us for the new episode of our podcast, PsychCrunch! This episode, Lecturer and Huntington's disease expert Dr Sarah Gunn sits down with Dr Jon Sutton to share her research journey, and what psychologists can offer to those with the condition: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

Psychology is not ‘Woke’: Examining claims of liberal bias. @bmhughes.bsky.social with the argument from his book, ‘Psychology’s Quiet Conservatism: How a Supposedly Woke Science Promotes Capitalism and Protects Privilege’. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

A dilemma in running a mag both in print and online is this: do I just bung everything on the web as soon as it's ready? Finding it hard to hold interesting stuff back! Kind of clearing the decks before the Christmas break, but seriously considering abandoning all attempts at an 'online schedule'.

The move from victimhood to possibility… Philippa Smethurst reviews James Graham's play, Punch. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

‘Nothing can – at least in the near future – replace a complete living organism’ www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Four worthy winners of the @bpsofficial.bsky.social Book Award - all books we have covered www.bps.org.uk/psychologist... Congratulations @ginarippon.bsky.social @lawbender.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social Roxanne Khan, Laura Scarrone Bonhomme, Dr Michael Beattie and Skye Davies.

Thrilled to have reviewed Once Upon a Time in Space for the culture section of @psychmag.bsky.social ( @bpsofficial.bsky.social 's magazine). Thank you to Jon the editor for this opportunity - hope you enjoy reading - and watching the documentary.

This is really interesting, for UK-based people studying under-18s.

We kneel before heroes, not invaders – the aphorism today. An extract from ‘The World In A Phrase: A Brief History of the Aphorism’ (second edition), by @gearyjames.bsky.social @uchicagopress.bsky.social www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Gillick competence – researchers need to recalibrate. Dr Michael B. Lewis, Reader in Psychology at Cardiff University, considers a Court of Appeal ruling that will affect how research is carried out on children in England and Wales. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

‘I wanted to capture different aspects of academic life: the randomness, the frivolity, but also the cool stuff…’ Dr Max Hui Bai talks about his recently released party game with Dr James Demetre. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Evaluating the evaluation of psychology in UK universities… @lizstokoe.bsky.social @mjinglis.bsky.social @colinfoster77.bsky.social @hugolf.bsky.social @profvicsimms.bsky.social share tales from the Research Excellence Framework. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Do you love books, in Psychology and beyond? Are you brimming with ideas and contacts? Are you a @bpsofficial.bsky.social member? We're looking for a new, joint Associate Editor (voluntary) for our Books section (see www.bps.org.uk/collections/...). Comment below or email me [email protected]

Are you a Psychologist from a rural background, or currently researching/practising in a rural setting? I'm interested in how that impacts your work, whether you feel Psychology has left rural areas behind. Please comment below, or reach out to me on [email protected]

In the wake of solitude… Chartered Psychologist and Author Zeynep Yasar on intergenerational Trauma and the ‘Non-Dites’ in Gabriel García Márquez’s ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’. Our most 'deeply read' of 2025! www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

'I think we’ve lost curiosity about each other…' Ian Florance revisits some of his ‘Careers’ interviewees – @drhnewman.bsky.social Cordelia Galgut and Sabah Khan - to find out what happened next… www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

How to thrive in space… @carolineclark.space reviews the BBC series 'Once Upon a Time in Space'. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

For World Human Rights Day www.bps.org.uk/search?term=...