Susie Orbach: the poetry of therapy
Sigmund Freud’s ‘talking cure’ disrupted the doctor-patient relationship, and the back and forth of polite conversation; now the language of therapy has taken on a rhythm of its own
Richard Reed: ‘Will wackaging be my contribution to the species?’
The Innocent co-founder on climbing, Europe and his new book, in which he asks extraordinary people for advice on life
Deliciously Stella: the Instagram sensation serving up raw Kinder eggs on avo-toast
Nauseated by a world of nut butters and cauli pizzas, comedian Bella Younger began a fightback against the clean-eating fanatics
Avalanche by Julia Leigh review – when IVF doesn’t work
Leigh, a writer and director, had six rounds of IVF and didn’t conceive. She writes about the heavy toll it took, and whether grief is admissible for an imagined child
The Little Book of Hygge by Meik Wiking – digested read
Contented living the Danish way is explained in the cosiest words possible by John Crace
ADHD Nation: The Disorder. The Drugs. The Inside Story by Alan Schwarz – review
A study of America’s ‘most misdiagnosed condition’ takes Big Pharma to task but leaves one important question begging
From Ali to Zadie: the best books of autumn 2016
John Le Carré reveals his official secrets, Zadie Smith gets swinging, Ali Smith eyes the seasons, and Alan Moore does a Ulysses
Divorce: ‘No one tells you about the dent on your wedding finger that doesn’t go’
Sara Davison is a divorce coach – she’s been through it herself and now helps others to come to terms with the loss of a long-term relationship.
Hands: What We Do with Them and Why by Darian Leader – how we keep our hands out of mischief
From flicking fans to swiping phones, humans have always loved to fiddle and fidget
Poster poems: fear
From the personal to the global, there is an uneasy abundance of things to be scared of at the moment. Dare you face up to some in verse?