This Is Your Mind on Plants by Michael Pollan review – the trip of a lifetime
This fascinating insight into our relationship with mind-altering plants weaves personal experimentation with cultural history
Hello, Stranger by Will Buckingham review – how we find connection in a disconnected world
An elegant and moving exploration of what it means to connect with strangers turns into an elegy for a much-missed way of life
Head First by Alastair Santhouse review – a medical memoir with elegance and integrity
In a passionate blend of anecdote and evidence, a consultant psychiatrist shows how the mind and the body are irrevocably connected, despite medicine’s desire to separate and specialise
The Surrogate review – compelling drama for a new kind of family
A woman’s decision to provide a gay couple with a child becomes very complicated in this refreshingly real-world drama
Why be a performative Insta parent when your kids will be happy in front of the TV?
There is no best kind of parenting, but if it gets you and your kids safely through the day, then that’s enough
How we made Embarrassing Bodies: Christian Jessen on TV’s intimate hit
‘We were a lifesaver for people with things – such as wonky boobs – that the NHS might only consider cosmetic’
Neuroscientist Karl Deisseroth: ‘Coronavirus has changed us all’
The neuroscientist and psychiatrist explains Zoom fatigue - and why the conditions of the pandemic can induce an ‘altered state’
In brief: The Hummingbird; 34 Patients; Kant’s Little Prussian Head and Other Reasons Why I Write
A deliciously playful Italian family saga; a doctor’s telling insights into his work; and Claire Messud’s masterly story of her life
‘It’s a love letter to adventure’: the mud-spattered show about jogging
Inspired by a 90-mile run to the Peak District, These Hills Are Ours explores the joys of trail running – then invites its audience out for a jog
The Devil You Know by Dr Gwen Adshead and Eileen Horne review – hard to unsee
A forensic psychotherapist looks beyond the lurid headlines to give a clear-eyed and compassionate insight into patients’ stories