How Uganda’s female writers found their voice
A pioneering foundation called Femrite has helped a new generation of women tell often harrowing stories of daily life in the country, writes Elizabeth Day
The Anatomy of Violence by Adrian Raine – review
An entertaining study of genetic disposition to crime poses challenging moral questions, says Salley Vickers
Michael Pollan: Why the family meal is crucial to civilisation
Michael Pollan, the American food writer and campaigner, says eating together round the table every night is the way children learn best how to get along in the wider world. Interview by Richard Johnson
Be Awesome: Modern Life for Modern Ladies by Hadley Freeman – review
A confidence-boosting book for women under 40 has Miranda Sawyer crying out for the author to write a novel
Feral: Searching for Enchantment on the Frontiers of Rewilding by George Monbiot – review
George Monbiot's dream of a wilder Britain in which uplands would be cleared of sheep farming and populated with reintroduced species leaves Frances Stonor Saunders with a few questions
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation by Michael Pollan – review
Is our modern way of eating killing us and our sociability? Paul Levy on a new theory of diet
Be Awesome: Modern Life for Modern Ladies, by Hadley Freeman – review
Hadley Freeman's memoir masquerading as a survival guide is fresh, witty and packs a serious punch, writes Viv Groskop
The Society of Timid Souls by Polly Morland – review
Polly Morland's study of bravery is full of energy, curiosity and courage, writes Kate Kellaway
Drugs 2.0: The Web Revolution That’s Changing How the World Gets High by Mike Power – review
The web has transformed drug use in profound and unsettling ways, finds Carole Cadwalladr
Strictly Bipolar by Darian Leader – review
Are we close to understanding bipolar disorder? Not on this evidence, writes Alexander Linklater