Chris Hoy: ‘I had no natural ability as a cyclist!’
The Olympic hero has written Be Amazing, an inspirational book for children that reveals how they too can be champions, with help from Stoic philosophy, sports psychology – and Beyoncé
Love Island’s Ovie Soko: ‘It takes guts to live by your internal compass’
The TV show fan favourite who won hearts with his self-possession and sound advice has written a self-help book. How can we be more ‘dope’?
Alan Arkin on Hollywood success: ‘I was miserable pretty much all of the time’
In his mid-30s, the actor was living the dream, but was far from happy. As he publishes his memoir Out of My Mind, he talks about turning his life around – and the disgraced guru he pinned his hopes on
Meg Mathews: ‘I feared my colourful 90s life had caught up with me’
She felt anxious, depressed and overwhelmed, until she realised it was the menopause, writes Sophie Heawood. Now Meg Mathews is on a mission to get women talking about it without shame
Failosophy by Elizabeth Day review – the feel-good ‘failing-well’ industry
‘Look at me now!’ Elizabeth Day is a witty, likable writer, but can failure always be turned into a positive?
Labours of Love by Madeleine Bunting review – a humbling book about care
Care, paid and unpaid, is at the heart of society, now more than ever ... this is a moving and absorbing in-depth investigation
Gail MacColl Jarrett obituary
Other lives: American editor and author who retrained as a relationship counsellor on her move to the UK
Happiness, a Mystery by Sophie Hannah review – solving the most profound puzzle
The crime writer sifts through theories on happiness from life coaches and philosophers, and has an epiphany
The Labours of Love; The Courage to Care; The Care Manifesto review – our compassion crisis in focus
Madeleine Bunting and Christie Watson bring personal experience to bear on heartbreaking studies of the UK’s ailing care system
When comfort reading won’t cut it: books to restore hope in humanity
From Man’s Search for Meaning to a celebration of life in the face of death, Cathy Rentzenbrink picks the books that confirm her faith in people