Bad Friend by Tiffany Watt Smith review – refreshingly frank portraits of female friendship

A social and personal history that refuses to gloss over the rage, envy and hurt that form part of every close bond

Gillian Anderson announces ‘even more daring’ follow-up to bestselling book of sexual fantasies

Sex Education star calls on women to send in their anonymous submissions for a second volume of her 2024 title Want

‘Hitler’s hatred of the scientist had intensified. There was a price on his head’: the tragic story of Robert Einstein, Albert’s cousin

After the famous physicist fled Germany in 1933, his cousin Robert moved his family to Italy, where they thought they had found safety. Then, the day before liberation, Nazis smashed down their front door …

The truth about stress: from the benefits of the ‘good kind’ to the exercise that only makes it worse

The authors of a new book explain why understanding the science of stress can help us manage it better

‘A surfyte of cheese doth bringe payne’: Leeds University transcribes early book on cheese

First known such ‘pamflyt’ in English has contemporary resonance, with advice on food intolerances and eating cheese after a meal

Beat brain rot: clear your mind with 55 screen-free activities, from birdwatching to colouring books

Feel like screen time is sapping your concentration? Take a break from the digital world this Easter with these mindful suggestions

Rainbow vases, vintage soap dishes and crystal bike bells: 15 colourful pick-me-ups to elevate your everyday

Seek out joy in a turbulent world with these carefully chosen treats (they make great gifts, too)

The one change that worked: I conquered my fear of public speaking – with just one night of pure panic

When I agreed to plug my book at a literary festival, I was expecting some kind of low-key Q&A. Imagine my terror when I discovered I would have to monologue for almost an hour

Kate Grenville: ‘I’m recognising the way in which I don’t belong in Australia. I don’t have to pretend any more’

The lauded author on her journey to unlearn the lies told about colonisation and First Nations people in her youth, and why non-Indigenous Australians need a different name

Forgotten fashions: rediscovered slides show off everyday flair from the Fifties and beyond

The latest book from artist Lee Shulman, who has created the world’s largest private collection of amateur colour transparencies, has an often startling sartorial focus

‘Too sticky. Too saucy. Too weird’: could I persuade my son to eat the food of my heritage?

Before she became a mother, Samantha Ellis secretly judged other parents who let their children subsist on white bread and pesto-pasta. And when her son was born she couldn’t wait to share the Iraqi Jewish food of her ancestors. Unfortunately, he had other ideas …

When the Going Was Good by Graydon Carter review – juicy stories from the heyday of magazines

From Anna Wintour’s table manners to Oscar party hijinks, the former editor of Vanity Fair tells all

Affairs by Juliet Rosenfeld review – the truth about why we cheat

A psychotherapist explores the nature of infidelity through a series of case studies

The big idea: should you trust your gut?

‘Follow your instincts’ has become a modern mantra. But what if they lead you astray?

The death of my friend inspired me to follow my standup dreams

For one writer, tragedy led to comedy, the sudden loss of a colleague giving her the nudge she needed