{"product_id":"art-cure","title":"Art Cure","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"row subcategory-data mt-4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-12 col-xl-9\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eDaisy Fancourt | Paperback | January 2026 \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-12 col-xl-9\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-330cd4a9=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe world's leading expert reveals how making and consuming art improves our health, makes us happier and can even help us live longer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTHE\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiscover how art can improve our health, make us happier and even help us live longer with the inspiring new book from the award-winning scientist and world-leading expert.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Every day we are overwhelmed by advice on how to live better.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eArt Cure\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis an amazing antidote to the deluge of nonsense . . . Everyone should read this.' XAND VAN TULLEKEN, doctor and presenter\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Elegantly distils the evidence for what we have always intuitively felt; that music, literature, cinema, and art are powerful universal remedies . . . A book for our times.' GILLIAN ANDERSON, bestselling author, actress and activist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDIET. SLEEP. EXERCISE. NATURE. ARTS?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany of us consider making and consuming art to be a hobby, or even a luxury. But what if arts engagement – from classical music to salsa, poetry to pop concerts, galleries to graffiti – was in fact one of our most powerful tools for unlocking health and happiness?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat if art could help you live longer – and even save your life?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eArt Cure\u003c\/i\u003e, world-leading expert and award-winning scientist Professor Daisy Fancourt reveals the life-changing power of the arts, including how:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSongs support the architectural development of children’s brains.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreative hobbies help our brains to stay resilient against dementia.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVisual art and music act just like drugs to reduce depression, stress, and pain.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDance build new neural pathways for people with brain injuries.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGoing to live music events, museums, exhibitions, and the theatre decreases our risk of future loneliness and frailty.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngaging in the arts improves the functioning of every major organ system in the body.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd, perhaps most importantly, how art helps us not only to survive, but to thrive and flourish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFancourt draws on ground-breaking research in neuroscience, psychology, immunology, physiology, behavioural science and epidemiology, as well as inspiring true stories of people who have experienced radical changes in their health, to empower readers to improve their own health through the arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInformed by the results of decades of scientific studies,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eArt Cure\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis the must-read, inspiring guide to improving your health, giving you the tools to write your own 'arts prescription'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A revelation . . . Could not be more timely, nor make a stronger, more urgent case for placing the arts at the centre of our communities.' MELYN BRAGG, broadcaster and parliamentarian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Fascinating, comprehensive, compelling, inspiring.' DR CHRISTOPHER BAILEY, World Health Organization\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e----------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Info\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDaisy Fancourt is Professor of Psychobiology and Epidemiology at University College London where she heads the Social Biobehavioural Research Group, and Director of the World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre on Arts and Health. She has published 300 scientific papers, won over two dozen academic prizes and is listed as one of the most highly cited scientists in the world. 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