You’ve been sold a giant myth when it comes to improving your health

According to Devi sridharwe have our health priorities all wrong. In fact, we’ve been sold a giant myth. We are unhealthily obsessed with what we can do personally – diet, exercise and the rest – and largely ignore the most important determinant of our health. This magic bullet: government. Public health measures like universal healthcare, … Read more

Joan Didion was famously reserved. But she openly adored John Wayne and Old Hollywood

On the Shelf We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine By Alissa WilkinsonLiveright: 272 pages, $30If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.orgwhose fees support independent bookstores. If Joan Didion had an overarching preoccupation as a journalist and novelist, it was to find … Read more