‘Curing Queers’: Mental Nurses and Their Patients, 1935-74 by Tommy Dickinson – review
A powerful study of how aversion therapy was used to ‘treat’ homosexuality exposes a nasty episode in recent British history
Hot Feminist by Polly Vernon review – reducing a revolution to sloppy self-help
Chillax, feminism’s not just about equality … it’s about having fun and eating avocado and sleeping around and having your nostrils waxed
I have become Boring. And happy
Modern life can be bleak if you are under 30, and so, like many of my peers, I am opting for quiet rambles in the Peak District over wild nights in Ibiza
Screen time v play time: what tech leaders won’t let their own kids do
Steve Jobs and Jonathan Ive designed some of the world’s most desirable tech – but imposed strict limits on their own children using it. What rules do others set?
The Ancient Art of Growing Old by Tom Payne review – how to improve with age
This reflection on ageing is also an intelligent and witty self-help book
Adventures in Human Being review – a fascinating journey around the body
Doctor and writer Gavin Francis’s essays on the human body, illness and injury are informative, eloquent and often very moving
Rites review – drama tells real-life stories of FGM
Cora Bissett and Yusra Warsama’s sensitive script tries to map out a way forward through verbatim testimonies of those affected by female genital mutilation
Sexting could see teenagers branded as sex offenders
Sending an erotic selfie should not automatically land teenagers a criminal record, say anti-censorship campaigners
Doctors Dissected and NHS for Sale: Myths, Lies and Deception – reviews
What is your doctor really thinking? And what does the future hold for the NHS?
Bodies of Light by Sarah Moss review – engaging, multifaceted
GrrlScientist: Bodies of Light is a powerfully evocative exploration of the history of medicine, of feminism, and poverty in Victorian England