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Revealed: almost half of British teens feel addicted to social media, study says | Well actually

Reclaim your brainWell actuallyRevealed: almost half of British teens feel addicted to social media, study saysExclusive: Millennium Cohort’s finding raises questions about why a large proportion has a difficult relationship with social media Almost half of British teenagers say they feel addicted to social media, according to findings that come amid mounting pressure for big tech companies to be held accountable for the impact of their platforms on users. The finding, from the Millennium Cohort study, adds to evidence that many people feel they have lost control over their use of digital interactive media.

'It put me on antidepressants': welcome to GOMI, the cruel site for female snark

WomenGet Off My Internets serves as a gathering place for readers to criticize blogs – and comments can be brutal. But for adult victims of online condemnation, there are few ways to stem the tide of mockery Jenna Andersen is a 30-year-old ex-Mormon photographer who lives in San Francisco’s suburbs. She writes the blog That Wife, where she posts diary-style entries about enrolling in developer bootcamp, breastfeeding her children, and baking zucchini cupcakes.

Its in my blood to make stuff: Ins Choi on bringing Kims Convenience back to the stage

TheatreHe couldn’t get his foot in the door as an actor, so wrote his own play based on working in his uncle’s grocery store. Thirteen years and a global sitcom hit later he’s reopening the shop “This story is my love letter to my parents and to all first-generation immigrants who have made the country they’ve settled in their home,” Ins Choi tells me from his house in Toronto. He is referring to his groundbreaking play, Kim’s Convenience, which arrives on the UK stage for the first time this week, more than 12 years after it premiered in Canada.

Murder at Wrotham Hill by Diana Souhami review

True crime booksReviewWhy would anyone kill a model citizen of austerity Britain? Blake Morrison investigatesIt was a passing driver who spotted the woman's shoe lying by the road. Times were hard in Britain in 1946 and good shoes unaffordable; he hoped to locate the matching shoe and that the pair would fit his wife. But the other shoe, when he found it, was attached to a woman's body. She lay half-hidden in the hedgerow, with her stocking torn and her coat rucked up.

Per Mertesacker: Jack Wilshere has proved me wrong its brilliant to see | Arsenal

ArsenalInterviewPer Mertesacker: ‘Jack Wilshere has proved me wrong – it’s brilliant to see’Nick AmesAcademy manager is proud of former teammate, who leads Arsenal Under-18s into Tuesday’s FA Youth Cup final against West Ham When Mikel Arteta departed Arsenal in 2016, his playing days finished and a transformative apprenticeship in coaching with Pep Guardiola around the corner, he left a note for his chief executive. One extraordinary football mind was about to up sticks, for a few years at least, but another remained within reach.