Skin a Cat review – sexual odyssey with charm and comic edge
This endearing drama about a woman who has vaginismus – played brilliantly by Lydia Larson – suggests its writer, Isley Lynn, could be rising star
Blood and bandages: a healer in the hedgerow
Country dairy: Wenlock Edge, Shropshire Even though the woundwort has lost its place in the pharmacy, bees visit these late flowers for the nectar tucked inside them
Ben Stiller speaks about diagnosis with prostate cancer
Stiller was told he had ‘immediately aggressive’ prostate cancer two years ago and has had surgery to treat it
Life, death and black humour: on duty with the London ambulance service
From chasing naked men to calming anxiety attacks, a paramedic’s job is nothing if not unpredictable. Stephen Moss shadows a team in north London whose day gets off to a tragic start
Derren Brown: ‘You’re only sad if you tell yourself you’re sad’
After the breakup of a long relationship, the magician found himself pondering how to be happy – and he’s found that it’s simply a trick of the mind
Get off the treadmill: the art of living well in the age of plenty
Cancel your gym membership and come off the Paleo diet. Your basic human needs are all catered for, and life is too short to spend in the pursuit of longevity
Deliciously Stella: the Instagram sensation serving up raw Kinder eggs on avo-toast
Nauseated by a world of nut butters and cauli pizzas, comedian Bella Younger began a fightback against the clean-eating fanatics
Avalanche by Julia Leigh review – when IVF doesn’t work
Leigh, a writer and director, had six rounds of IVF and didn’t conceive. She writes about the heavy toll it took, and whether grief is admissible for an imagined child
Sexualised behaviour in very young children increasing, say teachers
Sex and relationship education currently inadequate in context of sexual material freely available online, which may be leading to rise in sexual assaults
The Little Book of Hygge by Meik Wiking – digested read
Contented living the Danish way is explained in the cosiest words possible by John Crace