Extreme Wives With Kate Humble review – threats and rescues in a Kenyan village
The presenter gets involved with danger, including the rescue of a girl, during her visit to Kenya’s Kuria people, who practise female genital mutilation
How Wellcome sent a medicine collector to wander Asia for a decade
UK exhibition tells story of Paira Mall, an Indian doctor dispatched by a millionaire in 1911 to send back Ayurvedic materials
Why Nancy Friday’s 1970s collection of women’s sexual fantasies still matters
The author of My Secret Garden – a shocking and deeply sexy work – has died, leaving a legacy to inspire younger generations
The week in radio and podcasts: All in the Mind; Impotential
Two troubling Radio 4 programmes examined the tricks your brain plays on you in your sleep and a problem particular to men
The Letdown shows the darker side of motherhood – and it’s a relief
No matter how much you love looking after your baby, you cannot escape moments of devastation
As a teenage boy with anorexia I couldn’t find words to describe my mental illness
Not all silence on mental health problems is down to stigma. Sometimes it’s difficult to articulate what’s wrong
Men or mice: is masculinity in crisis?
With his criticism of ‘dysfunctional’ unmarried men, Iain Duncan Smith added to the clamour of concern over the male psyche. From football fans to ‘feminised’ workplaces, Ross Raisin asks if men really do have a problem with modern life
Why last night’s VD-laced episode of Victoria should worry modern audiences
The Victorians feared the moral and physical implications of venereal disease, but the problems of untreatable infection and inadequate health provision are all too familiar to a modern audienceSpoiler alert! Plot points from Victoria are revealed in this blog
‘Sleep should be prescribed’: what those late nights out could be costing you
Leading neuroscientist Matthew Walker on why sleep deprivation is increasing our risk of cancer, heart attack and Alzheimer’s – and what you can do about it