Francesca Angelini

Modern houses don’t have to be rubbish, says Peter Barber, a designer with a radical solution to Britain’s housing crisis: homes built from bricks on real streets. He invites Francesca Angelini into his London studio

Written in the aftermath of her son’s sudden death at the age of 21, this is a gripping and profound account of how a mother survives the most devastating loss imaginable

Forget everything you know about this popular region of Portugal — there are still fishing villages, unspoilt beaches and family-friendly hotels without the crowds

Wine tasting, horse riding and wild hikes await in Santa Ynez Valley’s 235 manicured vineyards just a two-hour drive from LA. Donkey security detail included

Motherboard is a single mother’s answer to Boyhood, recording Victoria Mapplebeck’s child growing up. She talks about what it meant for their family

Carr always believed he was a reincarnated cat. This book is a moving account of his bond with a rescue pet, Masha

Ninette Dreyfus was from a prominent Jewish family, who had lived in France for generations. This is her story of fleeing wartime France

With waterfalls, monasteries and great weather, Paphos in western Cyprus is ideal for a family break

Caroline Elton always knew that when her mother died the responsibility for caring for her disabled brother, Lionel, would pass to her. She tells Francesca Angelini how she found room for him in her already busy family life

Lobotomies, electroconvulsive therapy and sexual abuse — what really happened in Ward 5, the psychiatric unit at St Thomas’ Hospital in London in the 1960s