Best Australian books out in October: Magda Szubanski, delicious recipes and a picture book ‘masterpiece’
Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on
Let your mind wander, don’t retire and stop worrying: surprising ways to help save your brain from the cognitive cliff
In his new book The Brain Cliff, Dr Norman Swan outlines the science of brain ageing and strategies for staving off cognitive decline
Clive Parkinson obituary
Other lives: One of the UK’s leading voices in arts and health who worked with an all-party parliamentary group on arts, health and wellbeing
John Oliver on fetal personhood: ‘It effectively treats women as incubators’
The host discussed problems with giving fetuses equivalent rights to humans after the overturning of Roe v Wade
Is it OK to talk about Ariana Grande’s body? There is no right answer
I wish I could say that expressing concern for the pop star’s health is helpful – but I know from experience it’s not that simple
‘Am I 68? 69?’ Irvine Welsh on growing old, getting clean, bashing out his new novel – and flirting with guns
Three decades after he channelled his heroin addiction into the cult classic Trainspotting, the Scottish author has discovered the joys of yoga, breathwork and standing desks. But is he quite as ‘Zen’ as he claims?
The brief life and sudden death of Zyzz: why did the bodybuilding influencer die at just 22?
Long before looksmaxxers, Aziz ‘Zyzz’ Shavershian was famous online for posting workouts and rage-bait – until he died in Thailand in 2011. A new documentary reveals what really happened
What actually happens when your heart breaks? A hit play with classic breakup songs unpacks the ‘universal experience’
Heartbreak Hotel draws on the wisdom of Céline Dion, Prince and Elvis, as well as a rich repository of literature about grief and recovery
Roll up, roll up! Older generation find joy and fearlessness in circus
Juggling, trapeze and hula hoop classes for over-50s are taking off as people rediscover their inner child and tap into health benefits
A new start after 60: I spent eight years thinking I had Parkinson’s. Then doctors ‘de-diagnosed’ me
Mike Bell was 53 when he got the diagnosis that changed his life – and 61 when he learned it was wrong. He felt relieved, but also totally adrift