Sigmund Freud

Jill Freud, wife of late British writer and broadcaster Clement Freud, is pictured outside Saint Bride's Church before his funeral in central London, on April 24, 2009. British writer and broadcaster Clement Freud, a grandson of psychoanalysis pioneer Sigmund Freud, died on April 15, 2009 at the age of 84. The bearded former Liberal lawmaker, a brother of the painter Lucian Freud, was known for his wit and was still a regular contributor on the BBC radio panel programme "Just a Minute", broadcast on BBC World Service radio.

LITERARY INSPIRATION

‘Love Actually’ Actor Who Inspired ‘Narnia’ Character Dies

The actress married Sigmund Freud’s grandson, Clement, in 1950.

Georgina DiNardo

Your nightmares might be telling you about your health.

WAKE-UP CALL

The Most Common Types of Anxiety Dreams and Their Meanings

Sweat-soaked sheets? Your nightmares could have answers to what’s really eating at you.

Nealy Simms

Charlotte Freud attends the World Premiere of "COME ALIVE! The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular" at Empress Museum on October 16, 2024 in London, England.

SHOW TUNES LOVER

The Secret Life of Billionaire’s ‘Wild’ Nepo Grand Baby

Charlotte Freud is a goth writer of musicals living in Los Angeles.

Janna Brancolini

Anthony Hopkins in Freud’s Last Session.

PSYCHOANALYSIS

‘Freud’s Last Session’: Anthony Hopkins’ Scene-Chewing Feast

An imagining of Sigmund Freud’s debate with C.S. Lewis, it’s how bland “Freud’s Last Session” is that should be studied. Hopkins, at least, is doing the most.

Nick Schager

CREATURE OF HABIT

Sigmund Freud Was a Revolutionary Everywhere but at Home

The father of psychoanalysis transformed how we think about the mind in general and sexuality in particular, but he was a real cigar-and-slippers guy around the house.

Andrew Nagorski

ALTERNATE HISTORIES

Mexico’s Little-Known Attempt to Save Freud From the Nazis

As the Gestapo targeted Austria’s most famous psychoanalyst, workers’ unions lobbied Mexico’s president to offer Freud and his daughter asylum in Mexico City.

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