The People’s Hospital: why public healthcare can be successful in the US
A physician’s book details the success of a Houston hospital that treats uninsured Americans stranded by the system
The Art of the Straight Line review – how tai chi brought out Lou Reed’s mild side
The singer-songwriter transformed his later life practising the martial art, as this compilation of writing, edited by his widow Laurie Anderson, shows
Weathering by Arline Geronimus review – how discrimination makes you sick
A public health expert charts the cumulative effect of prejudice on peoples’ bodies, from heart disease to cancer
In brief: Don’t Think, Dear; My Nemesis; Handmade – reviews
A thoughtful memoir casts a critical eye on ballet, a gripping novel digs deep into feminine rivalry and a bracing manifesto extols the virtue of woodcraft
The Real Work by Adam Gopnik review – the art of expertise
The New Yorker writer explores what it takes to get good at something, from baking and boxing to mastering his own mind
You Are Not Alone by Cariad Lloyd review – the mourning after
In this moving and funny meditation on loss, the host of the award-winning podcast Griefcast argues that shared stories are an effective response to death
The big idea: your personality is not set in stone
Think you’re stuck being scatty, or an introvert? The latest research suggests otherwise
Writer Robert Douglas-Fairhurst: ‘The less the body works, the more you appreciate any bit that still does’
The writer and professor of English literature on being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and the more unexpected ways his life has been transformed
Life on the edge: meet the man who walked around the UK
Facing financial ruin, the former paratrooper set out on a six-year, 11,000-mile trek around our entire coastline. It changed his life in more ways than he could possibly imagine. By Ella Braidwood
The Gospel of Wellness by Rina Raphael review – bee-sting therapy, jade eggs: why do some women buy it?
A reformed wellness addict isn’t entirely convincing as she constructs a grand theory to explain some bizarre behaviour