Labours of Love by Madeleine Bunting review – a humbling book about care
Care, paid and unpaid, is at the heart of society, now more than ever ... this is a moving and absorbing in-depth investigation
The Labours of Love; The Courage to Care; The Care Manifesto review – our compassion crisis in focus
Madeleine Bunting and Christie Watson bring personal experience to bear on heartbreaking studies of the UK’s ailing care system
When comfort reading won’t cut it: books to restore hope in humanity
From Man’s Search for Meaning to a celebration of life in the face of death, Cathy Rentzenbrink picks the books that confirm her faith in people
The best books to inspire compassion
From Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life to a manifesto by Elif Shafak … Christie Watson explores kindness and courage in the face of suffering
No Fixed Abode by Maeve McClenaghan review – how rough sleepers die
A meticulous investigation exposes the shameful truths surrounding the UK’s homeless population
How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division by Elif Shafak review – a poignant look back at another age
What has happened to the belief that social media can create a new and better world?
Solitary citizens: the politics of loneliness
A lack of care from family, friends and government makes solitude a terrifying prospect. Covid-19 reveals how vital social institutions have been demolished
Endell Street by Wendy Moore review – the suffragette surgeons
A fascinating, carefully researched study of life partners who became pioneering army hospital doctors in the first world war
The Better Half by Sharon Moalem review – on the genetic superiority of women
Women live longer than men. We know Covid-19 is killing more men than women. This book is an antidote to the myth of the ‘weaker sex’
In brief: The Bass Rock; Radical Acts of Love; Letters of Note: Mothers – review
The subjugation of women throughout history, how to accept death without despair and a selection of letters about mothers