Indistractable by Nir Eyal review – letting tech off the hook
The author of Hooked, a bible of addictive tech design, now offers advice on how not to be distracted. But is his self-help argument convincing?
Heart surgeon and author reveals how he once set fire to patient
Samer Nashef, author of The Angina Monologues, tells of coronary bypass that didn’t go to plan
Jonathan Franzen’s right: you need to pick your battles
If your sole priority is achieving victory in a planetary-scale existential struggle, there’ll be nothing left for anything else
Breaking and Mending by Joanna Cannon review – clinical diagnosis
A compelling view of modern medicine
Reasons to Stay Alive review – striking staging of Matt Haig depression memoir
This dramatisation of the mental health bestseller takes a step towards removing the stigma from depression – though it’s no substitute for the book
Penguin Random House to release audiobooks to send listeners to sleep
Sleep Tales collections aimed at listeners with chronic insomnia, thought to affect 10-15% of adults
The Scientific Attitude by Lee McIntyre review – a defence against denial, fraud and pseudoscience
In a world of ‘alternative facts’ respect for evidence must lie at the heart of any scientific endeavour
Rolled over: why did married couples stop sleeping in twin beds?
A new cultural history shows that until the 1950s, forward-thinking couples regarded sharing a bed as old-fashioned and unhealthy
A secondhand book is a glimpse into the lives of other readers
You might pick up a book that changed a life. Maybe you’ll then leave it somewhere, and it will transform someone else’s
McMindfulness by Ronald Purser; Mindfulness by Christina Feldman and Willem Kuyken – review
Mindfulness may have become a tool of capitalism, but if it works, does it matter?