‘I’d be a wreck without it’: the floating daycare centre where Parisians paint, dance and heal

Director Nicolas Philibert had an unexpected triumph with On the Adamant, his film about a haven for people with mental health problems, named after the British pop star. We go aboard

‘You go to a job and it’s absolutely alive with rats or bedbugs’: on the road with a pest controller

It’s boom time in the world of extermination. With rodents rampaging through hospitals and bedbug infestations up 65%, one seasoned pro has never been busier. Our writer tags along to find out why

Our world is in chaos. Here are six ways to take care of yourself (and others)

Disastrous events affect us all – some directly, others through exposure – and can make preserving mental health difficult

‘Wellness’ makes you feel bad. Our new section focuses on living a good life

Most of us want to feel better – but what is in our hands and what is beyond our control? Well Actually will explore this question

‘I was extremely furious’: the dangerously high cost of insulin in America

Many diabetic Americans must pay thousands for insulin, an often lethal impossibility explored in documentary Pay or Die

Will my genital herpes mean I never have sex again?

I tell men about my condition and they never stick around. I don’t know what to do

Bereaved parents say review into student suicides in England is ‘slap in the face’

Parents say government’s planned review has too short a timeframe and will not be sufficiently rigorous

‘I watch the sun rise from a hammock in the garden’ – 15 ways to start your day well now the clocks have gone back

From yoga in bed to a bracing cold shower, readers share how they brighten up their mornings as the seasons change and winter approaches

Want to live to 116? The secret to longevity is less complicated than you think

Good humour, a positive outlook and staying away from toxic people is more important than genes, ice baths or spartan diets

Has the time come to stop changing the clocks? This is what the science tells us

The EU voted to scrap mandatory daylight savings time but it seems unlikely Brexit Britain will do the same, says Kit Yates, director of the Centre for Mathematical Biology at Bath University