Failosophy by Elizabeth Day review – the feel-good ‘failing-well’ industry

‘Look at me now!’ Elizabeth Day is a witty, likable writer, but can failure always be turned into a positive?

‘I worked in horror films. Now I’m an undertaker’: arts workers who had to find new jobs

A DJ turned shaman, a lighting designer turned railwayman, a dancer turned gayrobicist … as the government causes fury with a ballerina job ad, we meet workers forced to retrain due to Covid

You’ve got to laugh: why a sense of humour helps in dark times

Humour makes us more resilient, creative and resourceful – and is more important than ever during a pandemic

The wall between what’s private and what’s not is dissolving. Which side am I on?

In our performative age, we’re rewarded for sharing every crisis that happens in our bodies, every thought that passes through our heads

Labours of Love by Madeleine Bunting review – a humbling book about care

Care, paid and unpaid, is at the heart of society, now more than ever ... this is a moving and absorbing in-depth investigation

‘I had no idea how touching it would be’: how a fishing show put men’s health in focus

Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing began as one friend helping another and has gone on to explore issues many older men might find hard to discuss

A podcast at bedtime keeps the doctor away – but not the screaming 3am demons

My comfort listen is Kermode and Mayo’s Film Review, which I treat like a kind of adult lullaby

Happiness, a Mystery by Sophie Hannah review – solving the most profound puzzle

The crime writer sifts through theories on happiness from life coaches and philosophers, and has an epiphany

The Labours of Love; The Courage to Care; The Care Manifesto review – our compassion crisis in focus

Madeleine Bunting and Christie Watson bring personal experience to bear on heartbreaking studies of the UK’s ailing care system

When comfort reading won’t cut it: books to restore hope in humanity

From Man’s Search for Meaning to a celebration of life in the face of death, Cathy Rentzenbrink picks the books that confirm her faith in people