‘Look the monster in the eye!’ 11 things I learned from Matthew McConaughey last night

Having read the actor’s bizarre and enthralling memoir, I couldn’t miss his livestreamed talk on ‘the art of livin’’. It didn’t disappoint – until the twist at the end

The big idea: can writing make you healthier?

Research supports the benefits of ‘expressive writing’ – but what makes it so cathartic?

Clock watching: meet the artist who thinks time is ruining our lives

‘Clock time’, all about productivity, money and economic growth, threatens to destroy us, says artist Jenny Odell. But there are other kinds of time, and we need to learn to embrace them

Asking For It is urgent, difficult viewing on Australia’s consent crisis

Rape, deepfake porn and misogyny in schools: Jess Hill’s new SBS documentary examines how Australians’ attitudes towards sex and consent are being shaped

Top 10 medical memoirs … by patients

Medical practitioners are not the only experts in the field of disease and injury, as these personal stories of trauma and recovery show

The Best Minds by Jonathan Rosen review – when hope fails

A remarkable meditation on friendship, success, madness and violence that refuses to oversimplify

The big idea: should doctors be able to prescribe psychedelics?

A move to allow Australian psychiatrists to treat depression with psilocybin may herald a new era

Friendaholic by Elizabeth Day review – friends with benefits

A candid examination of the difference between being good at friendships and being a good friend

Good Girls by Hadley Freeman review – anorexia from within

The journalist and former in-patient offers a clear-eyed view of a debilitating and misunderstood illness

‘We’re in a golden age for microbes’: the man rewriting history from the perspective of germs

Forget ‘great men’ – infection and disease are the really important forces in the development of humankind, believes public health specialist Jonathan Kennedy