A Still Life by Josie George review – memoir of a mystery illness
The honesty and clarity of the writing in this account elevates what could have been a ‘misery memoir’ into something moving and joyous
The world in one park: Irina Rozovsky’s best photograph
‘If you’re standing still on a New York street, you’re either lost or crazy. But on the shores of this lake, I saw real stillness for the first time’
Destined for an arranged marriage, I chose to follow my heart
As a teenager, true love seemed like an impossible dream, but I was determined to marry for love and not obligation
‘I’ve been called Satan’: Dr Rachel Clarke on facing abuse in the Covid crisis
As well as fighting to keep Covid patients alive, NHS staff are now battling a surge in abuse and denial in the second wave. Dr Rachel Clarke on how she is coping – and what gives her hope
I enjoyed researching the bloody history of childbirth – then I had a baby
My new novel is about a midwife’s daughter in the old American west. The peril pregnant women underwent, then and now, became all too vivid once I became a parent
Rachel Clarke: ‘NHS staff are burning with frustration and grief at this second wave’
The palliative care doctor and author on a year of Covid in UK hospitals and her hopes for the vaccine
Tom Templeton: ‘I suspect doctors have realised how therapeutic it can be to write books’
The former Observer writer and now GP talks about his new book, 34 Patients, and the challenges he has faced during the pandemic
The Case for Keto review – why a full-fat diet should be on the menu
Gary Taubes argues persuasively that ‘those who fatten easily’ should abandon carbs altogether
The Age of Fitness by Jürgen Martschukat review – why we are obsessed
Do we think of people who keep fit as more successful? The history and politics of an idea
Nonfiction to look out for in 2021
Biographies of Philip Roth and DH Lawrence, and the curious death of Robert Maxwell