Walkouts, feuds and broken friendships: when book clubs go bad
While most book clubs go off without an issue, when they do turn sour the fallout can be significant. So why do some go wrong – and what can be done to prevent it?
Wolf Moon by Arifa Akbar review – night terrors
The Guardian theatre critic’s imaginative exploration of life in the shadows
Gong baths and a naked sauna: my search for inner peace at Glastonbury
The festival can feel like 24/7 sensory overload, but it does have a more tranquil side …
Summer reading: the 50 hottest books to read now
From dazzling debuts to unmissable memoirs, prize-winning novels to page-turning histories … Plus our pick of paperbacks and children’s fiction
How to Lose Your Mother by Molly Jong-Fast review – Erica Jong’s daughter on the worst year of her life
In this frank, exposing memoir, Jong-Fast reflects on her dysfunctional upbringing as her family falls apart
Electrolyte sachets are everywhere – but will they cure a festival hangover?
Marketed to ‘party people’ and touted as a faster route to hydration than water, electrolytes are in the middle of a boom
TV tonight: Jamie Oliver cooks up a new campaign – to help children with dyslexia
Fuelled by his own experience, the chef bids high to spark an educational reform. Plus: Jane Austen’s Emma takes shape on the page. Here’s what to watch this evening
Walk on the wild side: Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs on their epic hiking movie The Salt Path
Raynor Winn’s bestselling memoir about her and her husband’s 630-mile trek around England’s south coast has become a film. Its stars, makers and Winn talk floods, fog and forgiveness
The Salt Path review – Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs hike from ruin to renewal
Marianne Elliott directs this affecting drama, based on Raynor Winn’s memoir, which builds steadily as the couple journey towards redemption
The North review – old friends’ trek through the Highlands might be the ultimate hiking film
Patiently following the progress of two pals’ reunion across Scotland, director Bart Schrijver achieves a majestic drama that never forces its epiphanies