internet
How should the royals respond to trolling?
‘Trolling’ began as satire and rapidly morphed into an excuse for abuse. Alex Krasodomski-Jones unpicks this strange cultural phenomenon
The joy of giving up the internet for Lent
Like many great love stories, ours ended on a train. A stranger tapped me on the shoulder to ask if…
Dubious health claims thrive online. Here’s how to avoid them
The media have long had a keen interest in alternative medicine and report regularly on the subject. But all too…
What to eat: Anyone for acid-free snake oil?
The alkaline diet, the raw diet, all kinds of craziness all over the internet… the only word for it is ‘nutribollocks’
High pressure tactics
If I were to ask you to name a health problem that affects around seven million people in the UK…
Message to Jeremy Hunt: worried parents need doctors, not search engines
However you look at it, Jeremy Hunt is not popular with doctors at the moment, which is perhaps an understatement…