The social biome: how to build nourishing friendships – and banish loneliness
All your daily interactions with others, big and small, make up your social biome, and the pandemic has severely damaged most of ours. Here’s how to reinvigorate it
Headspace Guide to Meditation: can Netflix deliver enlightenment in 20 minutes?
The streaming service and the mindfulness app have joined forces to inject some calm into our tech diet. Elle Hunt tries to switch off, while switching on
Locked In: Breaking the Silence review – life-affirming story of a devastating illness
Xavier Alford’s striking documentary explores the lives of people at different stages of coping with ‘locked-in’ syndrome – including himself
‘I had no idea how touching it would be’: how a fishing show put men’s health in focus
Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing began as one friend helping another and has gone on to explore issues many older men might find hard to discuss
Jenni Murray to quit BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour
‘It’s time to move on,’ says broadcaster after 33 years presenting the show
UK set to bring in strict new junk food rules including pre-9pm ad ban
Measures expected to go beyond curbs on advertising to include in-store restriction
Nicole Kidman and Idris Elba lead HBO series to help people sleep
A World of Calm will offer soothing images and tranqil narration to combat ‘stress and chaos’ of the world
Tobacco firm funded attack on council quit-smoking services
Exclusive: PR company failed to tell local newspapers it was working for British American Tobacco
Jenni Murray: ‘I hate the diet industry. It’s caused me misery’
The Woman’s Hour presenter has written a book about her lifelong struggle with her weight. She discusses fat-shaming, body positivity and what happened when she had bariatric surgery
‘People think I bathe in asses’ milk’: how Towie’s Gemma Collins became a podcast hit
She went from selling cars to starring on reality TV – and now fronts a smash-hit podcast. But 10 years in the tabloid line of fire hasn’t been easy