On my radar: Nadiya Hussain’s cultural highlights
The food presenter and author on Disney role models, huge hot chocolates and the music she listens to in the bath
Delia Smith: ‘The world is in chaos… but together we have such power’
At 80, Britain’s queen of cookery has written a surprising new book about spirituality that was turned down by six publishers. She talks about meditation, MasterChef and her beloved Norwich FC
Mary-Frances O’Connor: ‘People struggle to understand grief, but it is a byproduct of love’
The US psychology professor talks about her new book on the experience of losing a loved one and the lessons we can learn
The big idea: is it time to stop talking about ‘nature versus nurture’?
The latest science shows that genes and environment are too deeply entwined to pit them against one another
What Do Men Want? by Nina Power; A History of Masculinity by Ivan Jablonka – reviews
From cavemen to incels, two academics offer different routes in analysing how we arrived at our current crisis in masculinity
Patrick Radden Keefe on exposing the Sackler family’s links to the opioid crisis
The journalist tracked the billionaire arts philanthropists’ role in the OxyContin scandal in his gripping bestseller. He talks about why the bad guys are still getting away with it
The Man Who Tasted Words by Guy Leschziner review – making sense
What flavour is Tottenham Court Road? A riveting study of sensory function and malfunction
Outside, the Sky Is Blue by Christina Patterson review – faith, hope and trauma
A golden childhood is followed by family tragedies – but resilience and understanding triumph in this powerful memoir
Hybrid Humans by Harry Parker review – man and machine in harmony
An ex-soldier who lost both legs in Afghanistan examines the implications of advances in medical technology with intelligence and humanity
Outside the Sky Is Blue review – the triumph of hope against the odds
Christina Patterson’s family memoir is crammed with challenges, setbacks, illness and death, and yet remains a wonderfully uplifting read