Children's booksChildren's booksAuthors and teenagers share the books that saved their lifeFrom Judy Blume to My Mad Fat Diary to Catcher in the Rye, authors and teen site members share the books that saved their lives – on Blue Monday (whether or not it’s the most depressing day of the year!)
This list is a work in progress. Please add to it by emailing childrens.books@theguardian.com or tweet us, @GdnChildrensBksJoin us on twitter TODAY 7-8pm where authors and teenagers will be talking about teen books and mental health – make sure you use #GdnbluemondayAfter Jennifer Niven’s top 10 teen books to save your life and to mark Blue Monday (whether or not it exists, Spring still feels a while away) we thought it was high time we had a list of books to pick you up when you feel down.
Music booksReviewThe former Cure drummer traces the genre from its 18th-century literary roots to its flourishing as a music subculture
Members of subcultures can suffer for their allegiance, few more so than goths. The 2007 murder of Sophie Lancaster, targeted by teenagers because of her clothes and hairstyle, was an appalling example. Thankfully, the response is more often one of simple bemusement – perhaps an understandable reaction to adults dressed in trailing black gowns, top hats and complicated whorls of dark eye makeup.
Harry KaneThe Tottenham striker had a successful spell at Millwall as an 18-year-old which is recalled fondly as he prepares to face the south London club in the FA CupJoe Gallen was the Millwall assistant manager at the time and he remembers it as an “us or them” situation. Millwall were hovering above the Championship’s relegation places and Portsmouth were embedded in them, having been docked 10 points for their descent into administration.
The best adverts to save the planet Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Since 2001, Swiss-based not-for-profit organisation ACT Responsible (Advertising Community Together), has been collecting global advertising that 'promotes responsible communication on sustainability, equitable development and social responsibility' in a bid to highlight how the creativity of advertising professionals can be used to address the world's problems.
Indigenous peoplesClimate concerns prominent as hundreds attend celebration of chief’s nominal 91st birthday
During the world’s hottest month in more than 100,000 years, Indigenous men, women and children from all over Brazil made their way into one of the last great holdouts of the Amazon rainforest for a celebration tinged with sadness and defiance.
Amid rising concerns of drought and growing evidence that the biggest trees in the forest are beginning to die off, they came to Xingu national park to pay their respects to the most effective Amazon protector of them all, the Indigenous chief Raoni Metukire, who has indicated he may be coming towards the end of his activist days.