Sarah-Jayne Blakemore: ‘It is, strangely, acceptable to mock and demonise teenagers’
The neuroscientist, who has written a book on the teenage brain, on the turmoil of adolescence and whether mindfulness can help
Brainstorm: Detective Stories from the World of Neurology; Unthinkable: The World’s Strangest Brains – review
Books by Suzanne O’Sullivan and Helen Thomson offer fascinating insights into the ‘maverick brain’ and rare mental conditions
Time for change: Anne Enright on Ireland’s abortion referendum
In the coming weeks, voters in Ireland will have the chance to repeal the eighth amendment, which recognises the equal rights to life of a foetus and the mother during pregnancy. We must send a message to the world, the author declares
What can we learn about our wellbeing from memoirs of ill health?
Simon Gray, Christopher Hitchens, Joan Didion ... some of the most vivid memoirs have been accounts of illness. But what can they teach us about being well?
Female-dominated Wellcome book prize shortlist spans Victorian surgery and modern Nigeria
Titles vying for £30,000 award for books on health and medicine include Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀’s novel Stay With Me and Sigrid Rausing’s memoir Mayhem
Epitaph for the Ash by Lisa Samson – review
Lisa Samson’s reflections on Britain’s dying ash trees at a time of her own illness is a remarkable labour of love
Val McDermid: ‘I probably have too great an appetite for cheese’
The crime writer, 62, talks about spending too much time gaming, having a sense of her worth and why she fasts for two weeks every year
In brief: Grief Works; Love After Love; Mothers – review
Bereavement case studies from therapist Julia Samuel, a cautionary tale of infidelity by Alex Hourston, and short stories by Chris Power
Ruby Tandoh: ‘I want to remind people that it’s fine to enjoy a ready meal’
The cookery writer’s new book is about relearning the joy of food – in print as much as on plates
The Beautiful Cure review – immunology and the heroes of the resistance
An engaging study of the field by Daniel M Davis shows how it has transformed medicine