Worrying: A Literary and Cultural History review – ennui and its origins

Francis O’Gorman’s study of why we worry covers everything from medieval monastic life to modern cultural theory without really providing any answers

Saving Safa: rescuing a little girl from FGM – review

A fluid and honest account of Waris Dirie’s determination to save others from the unnecessary suffering caused by female genital mutilation

The surgeon and author of Being Mortal on improving our final innings and the importance of spontaneity

A refreshingly honest account of one couple’s remarkable project: to open their family home to some of society’s most vulnerable people

‘The writer Nassim Taleb approvingly calls a collection of unread books an “antilibrary”’

Aziz Ansari entertains and illuminates as he observes how technology complicates relationships

It’s not just the booze giving you a hangover – it’s the microbes in your stomach

Tobias Jones talks about the communal refuge he runs, the criteria for allowing newcomers in and the effect of his faith

‘Now it’s over, I can enjoy my holiday.’ It’s sometimes self-indulgent and often irrational. So why do many of us spend our lives fretting?

Sexting, snooping, cheating … the comedian takes a light-hearted tour through the minefield of dating in the age of the smartphone