Best ‘brainy’ books of this decade
Writers and experts select their favourite book on physics, feminism, medicine, health, economics, psychology and more
Know thyself… by writing your first novel
Dig deep inside, battle self-doubt and become the person you know you can be. Richard Skinner on the healing powers of writing a novel
Hot Cheetos are getting their own biopic, but might land you in hospital
The super-spicy snack, set to get its own origin-story film, has been blamed for a teenager’s emergency gallbladder surgery
Asperger’s Children by Edith Sheffer review – the origins of autism in Nazi Vienna
In popular legend, Asperger was an Oskar Schindler figure who shielded his charges from euthanasia. The truth is more uncomfortable
Ban fat-shaming show Insatiable, its critics cry. But none of them have seen it
Like Beverley Hughes railing against Brass Eye, those who pelt round the hamster wheels of social media outrage have – yet again – confused the subject of a joke with its target
Insatiable’s fat-shaming is dangerous. Don’t do it, Netflix
A thin actor in a fat suit doesn’t help teenagers struggling with body image, says writer and comedian Sofie Hagen
Insatiable: 100,000 sign petition to cancel Netflix ‘fat-shaming’ series
Comedy starring Debby Ryan as overweight teen who takes revenge on tormentors criticised for promoting ‘toxic’ ideas
Matt Haig: ‘As a young man, I wanted everything loud and intense’
The writer talks about combatting his fear of the future, anxiety and appreciating life on low-volume
Writer Chidera Eggerue on what #SaggyBoobsMatter is really about
She started a movement with one simple question: why should only small-boobed women go braless? Now, Eggerue has written a book she calls an antidote to the self-help scene
In Brief: Notes on a Nervous Planet; We Begin Our Ascent; The Bedlam Stacks – reviews
Matt Haig extends his hard-won mental health wisdom to an anxious world, Joe Mungo Reed crafts a convincing cycling novel, and Natasha Pulley pulls of a fine steampunk adventure