Having anxiety and agoraphobia holds you back. But there are positives to be found…

If I hadn’t experienced anxiety and agoraphobia and the therapy that resulted from them, I wouldn’t now understand human complexities as I do, writes Charlotte Levin

Jenni Murray: ‘I hate the diet industry. It’s caused me misery’

The Woman’s Hour presenter has written a book about her lifelong struggle with her weight. She discusses fat-shaming, body positivity and what happened when she had bariatric surgery

Tree of the week: ‘Our olive tree is very expressive. It tells you when it’s thirsty’

In a weekly series, readers tell us about their favourite trees. This week: an olive in a small Californian orchard

Movie magic: ‘The cinema is my solace in times of crisis’

The writer Simon Stephenson looks forward to the days when he can eat popcorn in the dark again

Solitary citizens: the politics of loneliness

A lack of care from family, friends and government makes solitude a terrifying prospect. Covid-19 reveals how vital social institutions have been demolished

Wellness is a seductive lie – and it is changing how we treat illness

In desperate need of hydrotherapy, Abi Palmer went to a sanatorium – and found herself surrounded by luxury. How has health been sold as a lifestyle choice?

Say oui to ennui: how to face, and even embrace, your boredom

Tedium’s payouts are so much more than the €50,000 awarded to French employee Frédéric Desnard for ‘boreout’

‘The antidote to addiction is love’: Joe Wicks on learning to forgive his father

The online fitness guru, keeping Britain’s children fit during lockdown, reveals the challenges in his own childhood

Blam! Dennis the Menace and Roger the Dodger to teach British pupils about money

Bank of England and Beano team up in primary school course on financial literacy

From going grey to hand washing: 12 lockdown habits we’re going to keep

Life in lockdown has been an exercise in patience, but for some, there have been rewards worth bringing into their ‘new normals’