‘My dad wanted to be James Bond. He nearly killed us both’: actor and writer Katy Wix

Katy Wix had a difficult relationship with her dad. But after a near-fatal car accident, they found themselves growing closer

You Are Not Alone by Cariad Lloyd review – the mourning after

In this moving and funny meditation on loss, the host of the award-winning podcast Griefcast argues that shared stories are an effective response to death

My husband and I are at war over the radio. Will peace and quiet ever be possible?

I loathe jingles and DJ banter while he listens to BBC Radio 1 and doesn’t get Radio 4. So who will win: the tinnitus sufferer or the controlling monster, writes Emma Beddington

The big idea: your personality is not set in stone

Think you’re stuck being scatty, or an introvert? The latest research suggests otherwise

I’ve always bought too many clothes, but my life was being ruined by hoarding

I’d spent years in a tearful cycle of shame and anxiety about my possessions and didn’t understand why – until I got help

Writer Robert Douglas-Fairhurst: ‘The less the body works, the more you appreciate any bit that still does’

The writer and professor of English literature on being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and the more unexpected ways his life has been transformed

Life on the edge: meet the man who walked around the UK

Facing financial ruin, the former paratrooper set out on a six-year, 11,000-mile trek around our entire coastline. It changed his life in more ways than he could possibly imagine. By Ella Braidwood

‘Happiness can be ignited by making something small infinite’: what makes me happy now

If the last few years have taught us anything, writes Robert Dessaix, it’s that happiness and sadness, even misery can go together

The Gospel of Wellness by Rina Raphael review – bee-sting therapy, jade eggs: why do some women buy it?

A reformed wellness addict isn’t entirely convincing as she constructs a grand theory to explain some bizarre behaviour

Know Your Sh!t review – a cheery odyssey into other people’s poo

Avoid eating chocolate ice-cream while watching this surprisingly poignant gut health show, which is filmed in ‘Poo HQ’. Think Embarrassing Bodies meets You Are What You Eat …