Many Different Kinds of Love by Michael Rosen review – life after Covid
The much loved writer gives a memorable account of the disease from a patient’s point of view, in poems, notes and emails – and conveys how it feels to come back from the brink
Runners in England plan 330-mile relay to mark launch of parkrun book
Eileen Jones, author of how parkrun changed our lives, will begin ‘bookrun’ in Lake District on Friday
The best books to understand vaccines– and why some refuse them
As Covid-19 vaccinations gain speed around the world, Eula Biss picks books that explore this huge advance in medical science
The Rag and Bone Shop by Veronica O’Keane review – the nature of memory
A fascinating and compassionate investigation, with vivid case histories, into how our memories make us
Beyond Order by Jordan Peterson review – a ragbag of self-help dictums
There is too much messianic passion and not enough enlightening psychology in Peterson’s follow-up to the bestselling 12 Rules for Life
We read books to my daughter from birth, which enriched all our lives
A difficult pregnancy meant the only item I dared buy for my unborn child was a book. When she arrived we read it to her every day
Friends by Robin Dunbar review – why it pays to be sociable
Is it possible to have more than five very close friends? A miscellany of modern research reveals the life-saving power of our relationships
Beyond Order by Jordan Peterson review – more rules for life
Despite the psychologist’s role in the culture wars, his books present him as a personal trainer for the soul ... Is his latest advice bracing and useful or merely humourless and banal?
A joyless trudge? No, thanks: why I am utterly sick of ‘going for a walk’
As a Canadian living in the UK, there’s one thing I still don’t get about the British: what’s so great about trudging through a muddy field to nowhere?
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