Joy Schaverien obituary
Psychoanalyst and art therapist hailed for her bestselling 2015 book Boarding School Syndrome
What I learned when I thought I was about to die: being too aware of life’s blessings can become a curse
While waiting in hospital, Miranda Luby wondered how you are supposed to find meaning when you know you could die any moment. Then, she found her answer
Sarah Wilson: ‘Worrying about your gut biome when the world’s burning is too indulgent’
From I Quit Sugar to the ‘shittification of life’, writer and journalist Sarah Wilson on breaking up with hope and finding happiness in collapse theory
Pathemata by Maggie Nelson review – a writer’s attempt to describe chronic pain
Woolf said language ‘runs dry’ when it comes to convey the reality of illness. Here is an impressive effort to do just that
The truth about stress: from the benefits of the ‘good kind’ to the exercise that only makes it worse
The authors of a new book explain why understanding the science of stress can help us manage it better
Who Wants Normal? The Disabled Girls’ Guide to Life by Frances Ryan review – countering the stereotypes
The journalist’s second book offers positivity in the face of the obstacles confronting disabled girls and women
‘We’d been through so much’: Jean Hannah Edelstein on breasts – and life without them
All her life Jean Hannah Edelstein had tried to feel comfortable with her breasts, battling unwelcome attention and breastfeeding woes. But then came cancer and a double mastectomy – and she realised she was losing something she loved
‘A case study in groupthink’: were liberals wrong about the pandemic?
US political scientists’ book argues aggressive Covid policies such as mask mandates were in some cases misguided
Maybe I’m Amazed by John Harris review – with a little help from John, Paul, George and Ringo
The Guardian journalist’s tender account of how music became a bridge between him and his autistic son, James, is full of wit and wisdom
The Life, Old Age and Death of a Working-Class Woman review – a son confronts his mother’s decline
Didier Eribon’s guilt and shame fuels an angry and eloquent meditation on our attitudes towards the elderly and the end of life