Voicebox: Editors' Picks

#HelloYellow photo essay of Buster the Dog and his role in fighting depression

Jen talks about how her photography and music helps her to manage her depression on a daily basis.

Is the media pressuring young people to "look perfect" rather than be healthy?

Hello.

This is my first post. I just signed up to do my Arts Award Gold, and the induction today inspired me so much I couldn't resist the opportunity to delve straight in with this. It's in response to the #HelloYellow campaign for World Mental Health Day. I'd like to think of it as a message to myself.

There has been lots of research into the links between creativity and mental illness; one discovery is that writers are most likely to be affected.

A career in the arts is challenging, hard work and really rewarding. Work placements and training opportunities are a great way to test out your desired career, meet people in the industry and develop your skills and experience.

A local play for local people, this is what Hull City of Culture is all about.

I am an internationally published poet and a budding glass artist. What my objective was for my final project for my Gold Arts Award, was to express my emotions more openly in my poetry.

How the progressively inflating prices of virgin dichroic glass, affect me as an young glass artist, and why.

Want to know what gets those Baby Boomers so nostalgic? Now you can! Here are the top 10 songs from the 1960s that defined not just an era, but the post-war generation.

I recently came across a book called Reasons To Stay Alive by Matt Haig. I could hardly put it down and read it from cover to cover in a day, and it is packed full of excellent advice on coping with mental health issues!

University is great. Three years of all-nighters, existential crises, ever-looming deadlined, never-ending stress and excessive drinking. Survive that and you come out with a degree and thousands upon thousands of pounds of debt. Compelling, right?