Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman review – a brief treatise on time
A sage and sane theory of ‘time unmanagement’ exhorts us to stop chasing the seconds and embrace the joy of missing out
Can ‘smart thinking’ books really give you the edge?
Trust your gut, boost your memory, de-bias your decision making… can we train our brains to perform better?
Inflamed by Rupa Marya and Raj Patel review – modern medicine’s racial divide
The colonial legacy of healthcare is laid bare in an urgent study of how medicine has progressed – and who has been left behind
Through the Looking Glasses by Travis Elborough review – the spectacular life of spectacles
From Henry VIII on his charger to the sex symbol Michael Caine, this close-up history of glasses illuminates their special kind of cool
Spike by Jeremy Farrar and Anjana Ahuja; and Vaxxers by Sarah Gilbert and Catherine Green – review
Two urgent and fascinating accounts from the frontlines show how scientists succeeded, and failed, at saving us from Covid-19
This Is Your Mind on Plants by Michael Pollan review – the trip of a lifetime
This fascinating insight into our relationship with mind-altering plants weaves personal experimentation with cultural history
Hello, Stranger by Will Buckingham review – how we find connection in a disconnected world
An elegant and moving exploration of what it means to connect with strangers turns into an elegy for a much-missed way of life
Head First by Alastair Santhouse review – a medical memoir with elegance and integrity
In a passionate blend of anecdote and evidence, a consultant psychiatrist shows how the mind and the body are irrevocably connected, despite medicine’s desire to separate and specialise
Neuroscientist Karl Deisseroth: ‘Coronavirus has changed us all’
The neuroscientist and psychiatrist explains Zoom fatigue - and why the conditions of the pandemic can induce an ‘altered state’
The Devil You Know by Dr Gwen Adshead and Eileen Horne review – hard to unsee
A forensic psychotherapist looks beyond the lurid headlines to give a clear-eyed and compassionate insight into patients’ stories