Want to be happier? First, work out if you’re an ‘upholder’ or a ‘rebel’
Happiness expert Gretchen Rubin says there are four basic personality types, and improving your life is all about working out whether you conform or rise up
The Little Book of Lykke: The Danish Search for the World’s Happiest People by Meik Wiking – digested read
John Crace condenses the latest lifestyle advice from Scandinavia, in a bid to spread happiness
Fearne Cotton webchat – your questions answered on Keith Lemon, Teletubbies and the future of radio
The presenter and writer spilled the beans on anger management, meeting the Royals and what she really thought of the ropiest Live Lounge performances
Book doulas: the new way to push your writing into the world
A cuddly new publishing service has arrived to help struggling authors with ‘bookbirthing’ – and for all its new-age trappings, it seems to be catching on
William Giraldi on life as a bookish bodybuilder: ‘It’s a poisoned way to be a man’
As a teenager, William Giraldi would pump himself full of steroids, hit the gym ... and secretly read Keats. His new memoir examines the absurdities of modern masculinity and envisages a better world in which his sons don’t get caught in its toxic grip
Lydia Towsey: how I discovered the Venus in me
From Botticelli to glossy magazines, women have been idealised and misrepresented for centuries. Performance poet Lydia Towsey reveals how her own near-fatal eating disorder set her on a path to explore new ways of looking at female bodies
Autumn by Karl Ove Knausgaard – digested read
John Crace cuts the Norwegian author’s letter explaining the world to his unborn daughter
Why we fell for clean eating
The long read: The oh-so-Instagrammable food movement has been thoroughly debunked – but it shows no signs of going away. The real question is why we were so desperate to believe it
Sales of mind, body, spirit books boom in UK amid ‘mindfulness mega-trend’
While fewer titles are selling in other genres, reading that offers a path to spiritual growth has risen 13% in 2017
How to stand the test of time as an artist
The most enduring works are made with heartfelt intent, says Ryan Holiday, not to mention a lot of hard work