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Women of my age are told we neglect protein at our peril – but you can’t cheat death with chia seeds alone. So, could we rein back on the self-optimisation – and ramp up the joy, writes Emma Beddington

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: A nation should not swap prime ministers every time they make a mistake

Since my mum died, I’ve taken solace in recalling the times we could sit together and be content as mother and daughter

Brave reform remains in the too hard basket for both major parties and I suspect that won’t be enough for struggling Australians. In that, One Nation’s rise is a threat to us all

The Obama video should take a toll on the president’s political career – but of course it won’t

Yay! Newslaundry is 14 years old.

I understand the appeal of avoiding all human contact. Still, good old-fashioned taxis have so much to offer

Really, what is the point of this endless conversational back and forth? Step out of the loop, and change your life, says author Sangeeta Pillai

I am convinced that Europe’s ‘new right’ is a radically contemporary movement. Defeating it means understanding its critique of liberalism, says Mark Leonard of the European Council on Foreign Relations

There is something oddly familiar about the way General M.M. Naravane’s memoir is being handled. It exists in the same way smog does in North India. Everyone knows it’s there; it stings our eyes and makes breathing unbearable. But officially, on some days, it simply doesn’t exist. 

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The financing scheme to enable those attending university to pay for their tuition should never have been introduced by the Blair government, and then hammered by successive administrations. Our students should be cherished, not exploited