The Rules of Contagion by Adam Kucharski review – outbreaks of all kinds

Modellers have a saying: “If you’ve seen one pandemic, you’ve seen … one pandemic.” But patterns can be established to do with how things spread

Got 150 hours? Great audiobooks to listen to on lockdown

From Ian McKellen reading Homer to Bill Bryson on the body, these audiobooks can expand your horizons, even when you can’t go out

Breathe in, now breathe out: how musicians are embracing guided meditations

The music industry is offering some much-needed spiritual healing. Let RZA from Wu-Tang Clan help you find your inner peace

No news is good news: Big Brother guests unaware of pandemic

Information blackout only lifted in certain events like family illness, say producers

This Too Shall Pass by Julia Samuel review – how to cope with change

In a sequel to Grief Works, the therapist guides us through major life changes in work, love, identity and health

Sitopia by Carolyn Steel review – a utopian vision that begins with food

We are out of step with our planet, so how should we live? Cheap food is an oxymoron and anarchism’s time may have come, argues this wide-ranging, stimulating book

Body of work: why Billie Eilish is right to stand her ground against shaming

Billie Eilish has done everything right in her career so far, but that’s not enough for a celebrity industry fixated on sex

‘If I shed the layers, I am a slut’: Billie Eilish addresses body image criticism

The 18-year-old confronted societal ‘assumptions about people based on their size’ on the first night of her world tour

Miriam’s Big Fat Adventure review – Margolyes chews the fat on obesity

The actor and national institution delved into changing attitudes to weight, in a show that took in stigma, mental health and other heavy issues besides

It’s true we should be kinder… but it’s much harder than that

The #BeKind hashtag is easy to circulate but deciding what kindness is can be complicated