Alain de Botton examines our ideas of success and failure — and questions the assumptions underlying these two judgments. He makes an eloquent, witty case to move beyond snobbery to find true ...

Gilbert de Botton, a Swiss banker who helped change the way the wealthy manage their money and became a significant figure in the London worlds of modern art and rare-book collecting, died ...

In “ How to Make an Attractive City,” a new video from the School of Life, London-based Swiss writer Alain de Botton offers a cheeky, thought-provoking, six-point manifesto on the need for ...