Matt Haig: ‘Kids are so overloaded, they’ve got so much stress’

The author and mental health activist on writing for different age groups, homeschooling, and being followed by Harry and Meghan

Women are happier without children or a spouse, says happiness expert

Behavioural scientist Paul Dolan says traditional markers of success no longer apply

Why Can’t We Sleep? by Darian Leader review – understanding our sleepless minds

Are you so worried about not sleeping it’s keeping you awake? Why ‘sleep science’ has made insomnia worse

Body positivity can come in many forms – even a custom-made wedding dress

After three years of talking to tailors and women living in large bodies, I learned that there’s joy to be found in garments made to fit you perfectly

What gets you hot? The sweaty, brutally honest show about bodies

They were a couple doing a performance about women, sex and bodily fluids. Then they broke up – and made it more explicit. Meet the duo behind Hotter

Let me into your home: artist Lauren McCarthy on becoming Alexa for a day

She livestreams her dates, once became a real-life Alexa and built a light that dims in boring company. As AI: More Than Human opens at the Barbican, meet an artist for the tech age

Jayson Greene: ‘Trauma is a rip in your understanding of the universe’

Former Pitchfork editor Jayson Greene explains how, after the sudden death of his two-year-old daughter, writing proved the best therapy. Read an extract from his new book below

Louis Theroux: ‘I worried I might be mansplaining motherhood’

As he tackles one of his most harrowing subjects yet, the documentary-maker talks about parenting, psychosis – and his secret beard

We’re a nation of scrollers, not readers – but it’s tech billionaires’ fault

Stop feeling guilty about not reading books! Netflix and Twitter really are to blame, so stick it to the man by chomping on a chapter a day