Many Different Kinds of Love by Michael Rosen review – life after Covid
The much loved writer gives a memorable account of the disease from a patient’s point of view, in poems, notes and emails – and conveys how it feels to come back from the brink
The best books to understand vaccines– and why some refuse them
As Covid-19 vaccinations gain speed around the world, Eula Biss picks books that explore this huge advance in medical science
The Rag and Bone Shop by Veronica O’Keane review – the nature of memory
A fascinating and compassionate investigation, with vivid case histories, into how our memories make us
Beyond Order by Jordan Peterson review – a ragbag of self-help dictums
There is too much messianic passion and not enough enlightening psychology in Peterson’s follow-up to the bestselling 12 Rules for Life
Friends by Robin Dunbar review – why it pays to be sociable
Is it possible to have more than five very close friends? A miscellany of modern research reveals the life-saving power of our relationships
Beyond Order by Jordan Peterson review – more rules for life
Despite the psychologist’s role in the culture wars, his books present him as a personal trainer for the soul ... Is his latest advice bracing and useful or merely humourless and banal?
A Still Life by Josie George review – memoir of a mystery illness
The honesty and clarity of the writing in this account elevates what could have been a ‘misery memoir’ into something moving and joyous
‘I’ve been called Satan’: Dr Rachel Clarke on facing abuse in the Covid crisis
As well as fighting to keep Covid patients alive, NHS staff are now battling a surge in abuse and denial in the second wave. Dr Rachel Clarke on how she is coping – and what gives her hope
Rachel Clarke: ‘NHS staff are burning with frustration and grief at this second wave’
The palliative care doctor and author on a year of Covid in UK hospitals and her hopes for the vaccine
Tom Templeton: ‘I suspect doctors have realised how therapeutic it can be to write books’
The former Observer writer and now GP talks about his new book, 34 Patients, and the challenges he has faced during the pandemic