Gemma Arterton reveals studio filmed her exercising to make her lose weight for role

Actor describes ‘traumatic’ experience at the hands of producers who flew out a personal trainer to Morocco and filmed her at the gym to prove she was exercising

Bollywood’s hot new topics: open toilets, menstrual hygiene and erectile dysfunction

Forget all those swirling songs and plots about love, heartache and family values. Bollywood has more pressing concerns

What’s it like to pull off a DJ set at eight months pregnant? Anna Lunoe explains

Visibly pregnant women are seldom seen on stage, but the Sydney-turned-LA DJ says she never considered stopping

Learning morality through gaming

If you’re looking for answers to life’s big philosophical questions, try playing a video game, says Jordan Erica Webber

Hollywood’s grim century of fat-shaming: from Greta Garbo to Chloë Grace Moretz

The film industry has a long and unhealthy obsession with the weight of its female stars. The more who speak up – like Moretz did this week – the more chance there is of change

Why I wrote a comedy show about incontinence

As a physiotherapist, I know a third of women don’t have reliable body control. I wanted to raise awareness of this taboo subject at Edinburgh festival

Why do stars like Adele keep losing their voice?

The long read: More and more singers are cancelling big shows and turning to surgery to fix their damaged vocal cords. But is the problem actually down to the way they sing?

People can live with mental illness. I am living proof of this

Art allowed me to express myself in a way I had never done before. I’ve come so far since my desperate suicide attempt

Sales of mind, body, spirit books boom in UK amid ‘mindfulness mega-trend’

While fewer titles are selling in other genres, reading that offers a path to spiritual growth has risen 13% in 2017

Catnip and dried pig testicles: study reveals medieval infertility advice

Researcher finds medieval understanding of male and female infertility was more evenhanded than thought - and discovers some interesting ‘cures’