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Fearne Cotton webchat – your questions answered on Keith Lemon, Teletubbies and the future of radio

The presenter and writer spilled the beans on anger management, meeting the Royals and what she really thought of the ropiest Live Lounge performances

Winning at the British Transplant Games: ‘I felt as if my donor had given me wings’

When long-time runner Ellie Lacey underwent a liver transplant, she was determined to get back racing again – and make her donor proud

William Giraldi on life as a bookish bodybuilder: ‘It’s a poisoned way to be a man’

As a teenager, William Giraldi would pump himself full of steroids, hit the gym ... and secretly read Keats. His new memoir examines the absurdities of modern masculinity and envisages a better world in which his sons don’t get caught in its toxic grip

The Ibiza yoga retreat that’s like the fitness Olympics

Fly and flop this is not. YogaFit’s affordable retreats include nearly 100 yoga and fitness classes, from beach circuits to Bhangracise and twerking. Rachel Dixon does a fitness heptathlon … in a day

‘I thought it was now or never’ – how I got fit after turning 50

Eighteen months ago, Michelle Hather couldn’t touch her toes. Now, she can run, plank and (almost) do the splits. Here’s how she embraced exercise in her sixth decade

Fit in my 40s: ‘I hated ballet as a kid; will I like it as an adult?’

The sheer preposterousness of it, galumphing great grown ups doing pointy toes

Young at heart: why children who exercise become healthier adults

New research suggests childhood exercise has a protective effect on health in later years, as well as improving brain power

UK families could get money off shopping bills if they hit exercise goals

NHS ‘healthy towns’ scheme could offer rewards such as free cinema tickets in attempt to reduce lifestyle-related illnesses

Back to school sports: the women returning to netball

A surge in sports participation around the country has seen many, particularly mothers in their 30s and 40s, get back into the team sports of their youth

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  • Socialising, work, exercise: what makes a good day and is there a ‘formula’ for making it better?
  • Should we all be wearing barefoot shoes? I put 15 pairs to the test – here are my favourites
  • ‘They’re all junk, and should be banned’: the trouble with at-home food intolerance tests
  • Black women in Georgia turn to midwives for safer births – so why does the state criminalize many of them?
  • The best water flossers in the UK, tested for that dentist-clean feeling
  • Why does alcohol make us both happy and miserable – and what else does it do to our minds and bodies?
  • ‘We fear the epidemic will return’: Senegal’s harsh anti-gay law puts decades of HIV progress in jeopardy
  • The unlikely appeal of barefoot hiking: ‘It makes you feel quite primal’
  • ‘Traceability is vital’: labs test thousands of unregulated substances amid peptide craze
  • Trying to conceive? Welcome to the worry-filled world of ‘trimester zero’
  • How to use procrastination to your advantage
  • My teenage daughter’s OCD keeps getting worse. What can I do?
  • Medicines watchdog to investigate UK peptide clinics over health claims
  • What are peptides, are they safe and is there evidence to back up the hype?
  • ‘Wild west’ reformer pilates boom is causing rise in injuries, experts warn
  • Yes, allergy season has already started. Here’s how to manage symptoms
  • Stop the brain rot! 12 ways to stay sharp in a mind-frazzling world
  • How rotten is your brain?
  • Protein chips, sex chocolate: what are ‘functional foods’, and do they actually boost health?
  • ‘No more than a drop in the ocean’: this drug could end new HIV infections in Eswatini – why isn’t there enough?
  • Finally, the clitoris is getting the attention it deserves
  • ‘As soon as I left the first session I felt taller’: is reformer pilates as amazing – or awful – as they say?
  • A moment that changed me: for the first time in my life, a stranger pronounced my name correctly
  • Positive thinking helps you age better? That’s the worst thing I’ve heard all month
  • Is it true that … you can never eat too much fibre?
  • ‘The highs are extremely high – but the lows are extremely low’: when working out becomes an addiction
  • Full network of clitoral nerves mapped out for first time
  • ‘I thought, what the hell have I done?’: the people who moved abroad for love – and regretted it
  • I tried HigherDose’s $1,400 PEMF mat to help me relax. I got weird dreams and disappointment
  • ‘At certain points, I had to stop entirely’: what I learned after a week of Hyrox classes
  • Marriage over, €100,000 down the drain: the AI users whose lives were wrecked by delusion
  • What to know about ‘boy kibble’, the viral meal slop trend
  • Struggling to cope with the relentless and bleak news cycle? Go to bed early
  • As a furniture removalist I learned all mattresses are stained, and that’s fine
  • Self-test health kits promise quick results. But what do doctors think of them?
  • Influencers are promoting these three health tests – but they risk doing more harm than good
  • Do we really need eight hours sleep a night – and what happens if we don’t get it?
  • We can’t all be heroes but as a species we can become more altruistic – with a bit of practice
  • Slop it like it’s hot: the rise of build-your-own takeaway salad bowls
  • Scrambling, walking and swimming in splendid isolation: 75 years of the UK’s national parks
  • Department of Health retracts claim sunbeds are as dangerous as smoking
  • Influencers are drinking shots of olive oil and lemon juice. Should you?
  • ‘It all feels very natural’: Britain’s sauna boom heats up as people seek warmth of human connection
  • From trackers to gummies and CCTV, society has been gripped by sleep hysteria
  • French Sundays: should you dedicate a day each week to sex and a stroll?
  • Millions of Americans might lose access to birth control. Why?
  • The best electric toothbrushes in the UK for every budget, from Oral-B to Philips – tested
  • Why did my GP just use Google? What I’ve learned about the health system, as a doctor and a patient
  • My rookie era: after my panic attacks, woodworking became the one good thing I could count on
  • I couldn’t stop worrying – until I learned about the 6.30pm rule

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