Top Deck tells the story of life in a city over the course of two years, as seen entirely from inside east London's buses. A collaboration by the photographers Will Robson-Scott and James Pearson-Howes, it is a love-note to the capital, capturing the cultural variety and rugged beauty of the place in which they were both born and raised. Shooting from a bus, Robson-Scott explains, "you can show the diversity… a route like the 149 goes through the City that is full of bankers and hedgefund managers. Then, within half an hour, you're in Tottenham, known for its crime and social problems".

The number of Britons living abroad increases each year. But it's not all sun, sea and tax havens. Charlotte Philby talks to expats living in Dubai, Barcelona and even Afghanistan.

Few parents know that babies experience flavour much more intensely than adults. Charlotte Philby gets a taste of food as they perceive it.

Charlotte Philby takes a trip inside Hexagon House

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The actress Shirley Henderson spent five years acting with the children – real-life brothers and sisters – for a film about the prison system. It was an extraordinary experience, she tells Charlotte Philby.

Soft touch

The first attempt in 50 years to discover why infants smile can help our understanding of conditions such as autism and Down syndrome. Charlotte Philby visits Babylab HQ

So, according to a new report by the cheerily titled Archives of Disease in Childhood, we should be setting limits on the amount of time our children spend watching television. Oh, and (parents, sit down) kids under the age of three should be banned from watching television altogether. That is to say they should not be allowed to watch it at all. EVER.

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