From bone smashing to chin extensions: how ‘looksmaxxing’ is reshaping young men’s faces

Chiselled jaws, pouty lips, hunter eyes: everything is up for grabs in the quest to increase ‘sexual market value’. But how did this extreme cosmetic craze become mainstream?

Someone’s Daughter, Someone’s Son review – stories of homelesness from a survivor

Director Lorna Tucker brings her own experience to this documentary and works an empathy miracle in her interviews with people on the street

Brianna Ghey’s mother warns tech bosses more children will die without action

Exclusive: Esther Ghey says she believes social media use left her daughter vulnerable, while killers were able to access violent content online

‘Our kids are suffering’: calls for ban on social media to protect under-16s

Debate gains traction as evidence grows on negative impact of social media use on mental health of young people

Meet generation stay-at-home: ‘You don’t need to pay to go clubbing: you can sit at home and watch it on your phone’

Why have so many teens and twentysomethings stopped going out?

‘Reading is so sexy’: gen Z turns to physical books and libraries

Book sales boom as readers escape the ‘oversaturation and noise of the wild west digital landscape’

Your Fat Friend review – fat activist Aubrey Gordon takes on the cruelty of Big Diet

A frank but endearing documentary makes for a convincing indictment of the corporate machine that says big is bad

AI doctors and chatbot nurses? Labour must show the future of the NHS isn’t so dystopian

To reform the NHS, a new government will have to ignore self-serving tech companies – and engage a sceptical public instead, says data campaigner Jeni Tennison

Tuesday briefing: Is there more that could be done to keep children safe online?

In today’s newsletter: As the mother of Brianna Ghey calls for social media blocks and smartphone age limits, we look at what protections exist – and whether they are enough

Flemish film awards under fire after men win most prestigious gender-neutral categories

Actors say non-specific categories benefit men as industry still offers them more interesting roles

‘Brutally honest’ or ‘ham-fisted cliche’? What does All of Us Strangers say about being gay?

Writers including Chris Smith, Peter Tatchell and Jason Okundaye discuss Andrew Haigh’s film on growing up gay in the 1980s

‘I wanted to find the humanity in kids seen as scumbags’: George Amponsah on his Scorsese-style thriller

He was obsessed with Scorsese while growing up. Now he’s made his own Mean Streets, about thieves falling into serious crime. The incendiary director talks about riots, police killings and redemption

‘They thought they were doing good but it made people worse’: why mental health apps are under scrutiny

As experts worry over privacy issues, ineffectiveness and even harm, the UK is looking at whether the plethora of digital mental health tools need regulating

Brianna Ghey’s mother says she is open to meeting mother of daughter’s killer

Esther Ghey says she does not blame Scarlett Jenkinson’s mother and calls for children to be barred from social media apps

First UK patients receive experimental messenger RNA cancer therapy

The British clinical trial of the revolutionary new mRNA treatment will test its effectiveness in combating a range of cancers