From keep fit to sex: how Guardian readers have boosted their mood during the pandemic
Everyone needs a release from the stresses of lockdown life. Readers share the ideas that work for them
The best books to understand vaccines– and why some refuse them
As Covid-19 vaccinations gain speed around the world, Eula Biss picks books that explore this huge advance in medical science
The Rag and Bone Shop by Veronica O’Keane review – the nature of memory
A fascinating and compassionate investigation, with vivid case histories, into how our memories make us
Come True review – blow-out imagery in visionary sleep disorder thriller
An insomniac student is haunted by a demonic figure in this flamboyant and stylised waking dream of a film
‘Reclaiming women’s bodies from shame’: a photographic illumination of ageing
Over 12 months, Ponch Hawkes has shot more than 400 nude women over 50 to fix a pervasive problem: ‘We don’t know what the bodies of older women actually look like’
Beyond Order by Jordan Peterson review – a ragbag of self-help dictums
There is too much messianic passion and not enough enlightening psychology in Peterson’s follow-up to the bestselling 12 Rules for Life
Friends by Robin Dunbar review – why it pays to be sociable
Is it possible to have more than five very close friends? A miscellany of modern research reveals the life-saving power of our relationships
Beyond Order by Jordan Peterson review – more rules for life
Despite the psychologist’s role in the culture wars, his books present him as a personal trainer for the soul ... Is his latest advice bracing and useful or merely humourless and banal?
A Still Life by Josie George review – memoir of a mystery illness
The honesty and clarity of the writing in this account elevates what could have been a ‘misery memoir’ into something moving and joyous
The world in one park: Irina Rozovsky’s best photograph
‘If you’re standing still on a New York street, you’re either lost or crazy. But on the shores of this lake, I saw real stillness for the first time’