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

Fever dreams: did author Dean Koontz really predict coronavirus?

From ‘Wuhan-400’, the deadly virus invented by Dean Koontz in 1981, to the plague unleashed in Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake, novelists have long been fascinated by pandemics

Cleaning up: the best 20-second songs to wash your hands to

The NHS advises singing Happy Birthday twice while washing your hands to help avoid spreading coronavirus. But there are better snippets to hum

The Crying Book by Heather Christle review – why do we weep?

A personal examination of tears – what causes them, why we cry – which takes in biological science, relationship break-up, poetry and Donald Trump

Bradford puts money on libraries to boost city’s health

£700,000 could be diverted from Yorkshire council’s wellbeing budget to offset library cuts