Who the hell is Roy?
The Liverpudlian spoken-word performer, real name PJ Smith, released his debut collection Algorithm Party to critical acclaim. Now he’s taking his hilarious, observational stories about addiction and anxiety around the UK.
Addiction
How Euphoria captures the devastation of addiction
In Stand Still Like the Hummingbird, by drawing from his own experience, Sam Levinson showed us everything we knew Euphoria could still be: a poignant and emotional story of addiction.
Nights of Violence: love and grief in the face of addiction
Artist Tan Gillies mixes moving image, painting, sculpture and photography in a soul-bearing new exhibition tackling mental health, domestic abuse and the hard road to getting clean.
Trauma Hurts: a film of family, love, loss and hope
Artist Tan Gillies’ new film explores the intense highs and lows of growing up, presented through the mysticism of Iceland, and the chaos of London.
This is what gaming addiction actually looks like
The NHS is now treating video game disorder as a mental health issue – here’s what treatment can entail.
Talking tech addiction with the man who got us addicted
Nir Eyal ran a course at Stanford University teaching would-be tech-heads the dark arts of behavioural engineering. His first book, Hooked, became a bible for tech execs who wanted to create products that would keep us swiping and scrolling. Now he’s back with an antidote to tech addiction (but not an apology).