I didn’t fit in Wales, but found my sense of place by understanding its history, and my own

I stood out as different in Llandudno but by learning about its past and mine, it became the home I love

Hot chocolate, woolly socks and a good book: why cosy living is good for you

When it’s dark and cold outside (not to mention existentially troubling), our sense of survival kicks in and we withdraw to that place we feel safest – home

I Am the Tigress review – nuanced portrait of female bodybuilder’s strength and resilience

This detached character study is neither a feelgood story of empowerment, nor a grim look at a life on the margins and is more powerful for it

The big idea: why we should spend more time talking to strangers

We focus on friendships, but encounters with those we hardly know are vital too

‘I’d be a wreck without it’: the floating daycare centre where Parisians paint, dance and heal

Director Nicolas Philibert had an unexpected triumph with On the Adamant, his film about a haven for people with mental health problems, named after the British pop star. We go aboard

‘I was extremely furious’: the dangerously high cost of insulin in America

Many diabetic Americans must pay thousands for insulin, an often lethal impossibility explored in documentary Pay or Die

‘Demand interestingness’: Thomas Heatherwick rails against boring buildings

Designer says soulless structures make people stressed and lonely as he launches book and campaign

How Roger Deakin’s love of water inspired me

The great nature writer and outdoor swimmer has been a huge inspiration to many with his focus on ponds, lakes and rivers

From bedtime with Harry Styles to watching stars snooze: the meteoric rise of sleep celebs

You can drift off to ‘sleep stories’ from Styles, Maya Jama and Alan Titchmarsh. Big name Youtubers host sleepalongs – or stream naps for laughs. Why are we getting under the covers with celebs?

‘Calves are the biceps of the legs!’: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s seven big life lessons

Find opportunity in failure – and don’t let your legs get in the way of world domination. Here is the distilled wisdom of Arnie’s first foray into self-help