I've always had a tough time explaining why I love watching shopping channels. Few people I've met share my affection for QVC et al, and my passion is inevitably pooh-poohed – particularly when I ...

So is it possible that something so easy to trigger, which feels so great, really has no harmful side effects? Slight headaches, tiredness and nausea are listed as possible reactions but - aside from ...

Thousands of people are claiming to experience pleasure from listening to whispers and scratchy noises in a bizarre phenomenon known as ASMR, it has emerged. Even watching the gentle act of folding ...

Millions of people say they are thrilled by watching long, dull videos of folding towels or running hair dryers. Why? It could be a curious condition that didn’t officially exist until 2010. It's a ...

The hoarse whisperer: Maria, the 28-year-old Russian expat whose videos have drawn more than 87 million views (Washington Post) Get the Well Enough newsletter with Harry Bullmore for tips on living a ...

Dear Amy: I was on my husband’s phone recently and saw that he had been watching videos featuring lots of different women: Women who were doing things like folding towels, pretending to give haircuts ...