No Fixed Abode by Maeve McClenaghan review – how rough sleepers die
A meticulous investigation exposes the shameful truths surrounding the UK’s homeless population
I was terrified lockdown would send me back to the bottle. The reality proved fantastically different
When my alcohol addiction was at its worst, I went from my bed to the supermarket and back, and my house felt like a prison. In lockdown I learned to love where I live
Covid risks making society more unequal than since early Victorian times
As life expectancy stalls and infant mortality rises, abolishing Public Health England will only make things worse, says public health expert Gabriel Scally
‘I was hammered for the first month of lockdown’ – meet the people who quit alcohol in the pandemic
Despite the stories of people drinking more when confined to home, for many this has been a time to tackle their dependency
The Shift by Sam Baker review – funny, frank and empowering
Although this ‘menopause memoir’ doesn’t break new ground it is still vital reading
Sorry, gym bunnies, but men with dad bods just make better fathers
A new study shows what women really look for as ideal parent material
If getting back to normal means mindless shopping, forget it
The cycle of consumption has been transformed by the pandemic and we have seen through the miserable con of ‘retail therapy’, writes Suzanne Moore
‘It destroys lives’: why the razor-blade pain of vaginismus is so misunderstood
This common condition can lead to relationship breakdown and unnecessary surgery. So why is treatment still so poor and underfunded?
Smoked out: why I and a million others have given up nicotine in 2020
My lifelong love affair with cigarettes was so intense I could only have smoked more if I had slept less. But smashing my vape kit was the final straw
The best books about medical breakthroughs
Amid the rush to find a Covid-19 vaccine, Mark Honigsbaum picks his favourites, including a novel that has inspired generations of medical students and the story of Henrietta Lacks