The Salt Path by Raynor Winn review – walking to freedom
This uplifting memoir, about a couple who embark on a long coastal walk after becoming homeless, was shortlisted for the 2018 Costa biography award
In brief: Queenie Malone’s Paradise Hotel; Questions I Am Asked About the Holocaust; With the End in Mind – review
Ruth Hogan’s compelling novel about mother-daughter relationships; Hedi Fried’s required reading about the Holocaust; and Kathryn Mannix on facing death
Aoife Abbey: ‘Being a doctor is not like in the movies’
The intensive care specialist who used to blog as the Secret Doctor on her candid new book about her experiences as a young trainee
Jeremy Hardy: a ferocious talent who radicalised radio comedy
Provocative and political, the stand-up – who has died aged 57 – shook up Radio 4 at a time when it was in danger of resembling a Rotary Club quiz night
Mentors: How to Help and Be Helped by Russell Brand review – a grown-up guru
After several false starts, the comedian and presenter’s worldview has become surprisingly mature
Giles Yeo: ‘Love your food but don’t eat quite as much of it as you want’
The obesity expert and author of Gene Eating on fad diets, the magic of miso and why he can’t say no to pork scratchings
Back to work blues? What we can learn from slackers
Our culture demonises those who don’t work – but maybe it’s time we were more like Homer Simpson and Jeffrey ‘The Dude’ Lebowski, writes Josh Cohen
The Truth About Fat by Anthony Warner review – what the Angry Chef hates
Fat-shaming and snooty diet advice are rightly targeted in this polemic. But Warner’s anger is oddly limited: why doesn’t he blame the food industry?
Top 10 books about insomnia
From history and fiction to philosophy and poetry, Marina Benjamin reveals the works that helped her understand an unsettlingly common problem
Insomnia by Marina Benjamin review – sleeplessness as resistance
Ranging from Penelope to Virginia Woolf, this study makes a case for restlessness and insomnia as acts of female rebellion