Katy Vans is the Guardian's production editor for the Daily Edition
July 2019
Canal revolution
Toilet chat and double-mooring: a guide to canal etiquette
In the boating community, being a good neighbour is a must – here’s how to keep the peace
March 2017
Notes & Theories
It's a riot: the stressful AI simulation built to understand your emotions
Inspired by global unrest, Riot uses artificial intelligence, film and gaming technologies to help unpick how people react in stressful situations
June 2015
Science blog network
Playing mindgames in a neuroscience, art and tech vision of the future
A gaming novice, I approached Brendan Walker’s Oscillate ‘ride’ and Karen Palmer’s Syncself 2 neurogame with trepidation, but came away a convert
Notes & Theories
Good Girl review - a beautifully shot but flawed insight into mental illness
Watching Solveig Melkeraaen’s film with a psychiatrist gave me answers the audience are denied in this underexplored self-portrait of depression and ECT
Notes & Theories
My Beautiful Broken Brain review - moving study of life after stroke
This study of a young stroke patient’s struggle to regain language and memory manages to be at once visually arresting, deeply moving and uplifting
