Alice Thomson

Schools, parents and youth clubs have found that positive alternatives to social media improve the lives of teenagers

The children’s laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce tells Alice Thomson that he has seen a crisis only books can fix

Labour hopes Burnham can see off Farage but it’s Badenoch across the dispatch box who will be his real problem

Grim up north? Parts of Devon and Cornwall have lower life expectancy, more child poverty and less state help

Regenerative methods, which produce nutritious crops, could wean us off ultra-processed foods, which do so much harm

MPs have enough to worry about without women snitching on colleagues who may — or may not — have behaved badly

New PM’s desire is commendable but it means tackling housing, prison and immigration problems in one swoop

Giving teenagers the vocational skills the country needs is a laudable aim but it will require upheaval in the classroom

The psychotherapist Dr Peter Meades has worked with men for over 25 years. Now he’s written a brilliant self-help book

Michael Lewis, the only non-French member on the Bayeux Tapestry committee, and his co-curator, Millie Horton-Insch, reveal how they created the British Museum’s show of the century