Art Cure: The Science of How the Arts Transform Our Health (Cornerstone Press, £22; Tablet price £19.80) is psychobiologist Daisy Fancourt’s fascinating account of the way the arts – music, theatre, literature, painting – are increasingly being used in the management of illness. The author takes us through the science, and leavens the intellectual content with heart- warming tales of patients’ recovery.
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