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Doubles and reflections abound in this subtle exploration of the stories we tell about sickness, centring on a mother and daughter who travel to Italy in search of healing

This harrowing account of a British doctor and his shocking experiments on young women includes a testimony from the actor Celia Imrie, who was one of his patients

I love Jane Austen. But a fresh revival of the idea that what a woman needs most is to marry a man is the last thing we need, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

In the early months of 2010, I had a brief stint with the editorial team of a Delhi-based private publishing house, which brought out school textbooks. Working in the social science section of the company, I found that a part of the job’s brief was to avoid references to what…

Other lives: Author and TV personality who was able to explain complex scientific topics in a way that lay people could readily understand

Through writing her bestselling book, Want, Gillian Anderson says she has realised that " life does not end at 50 or at menopause" - and she wants everyone to know it

Series has been compared to the works of Agatha Christie

The chancellor’s first London visit is an opportunity for a modernising reset – on business, defence and even school trips, says author John Kampfner

In HBO’s five-hour portrait, the chart-dominating singer-songwriter gives unusual insight into his career with support from his A-list friends and collaborators

I can imagine the tone would have been...different.

This beautifully paced, meticulously worked postwar detective series is hugely moreish. Its tales of bookseller-cum-semi-Sherlock are a TV joy