How to be alone: ‘I feel most alive when I’m with my own thoughts’
Does the idea of being alone fill you with dread, or seem a luxury? Erica Buist speaks to five people whose lifestyles leave them in splendid isolation
The Wound review – raw pain and challenge of male circumcision drama
John Trengove’s boldly transgressive film tells the story of a city kid’s traditional initiation ritual and the secret gay sexuality of his mentors in a mountain retreat
Loneliness can’t be ‘cured’. We must learn to find value in solitude
Instead of medicalising loneliness and calling it an epidemic, we need to find better ways of engaging with ourselves, writes sociologist and author Frank Furedi
‘Drama saved my life’: how performing can help mental health problems
May Contain Nuts is an award-winning theatre company of people with experience of mental ill health
Don’t save it for the duchess. All new mothers should be treated like royalty
Rather than treating royal births as mundane events, why don’t we celebrate all the ordinary women who give birth, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
‘I enjoy the comradeship and giggles’: care home residents get active
A £1m programme is bringing adapted activities including weightlifting and volleyball to older people in care settings
Abortion clinic buffer zones being considered by more councils
At least eight local authorities in England are examining whether to follow Ealing’s lead
I am a burnt-out doctor. This is why it matters
The shocking number of physician suicides indicates a culture and system that fails to value the profession
Prostate cancer breakthrough as UK team develops more accurate test
Ultrasound technique overcomes problems with current methods to diagnose the most common cancer in men
Sexual addiction, desire and dopamine hits
Not all sex addicts are sexual predators – many are just struggling to contain their destructive urges. Andrew Anthony meets addicts and therapists to hear how they cope with this secretive pandemic