Lucy Johnston
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 5
- Latest publication
- Sep 29, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for Aol
- Top 10K sites
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 21, 2026
Latest articles
Exploring Thailand's islands: a journey beyond the familiar beaches for British travelers - AOL (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Luiz Dias, an underwater photographer, oceanographer and diving instructor, has spent years studying fish behaviour here, yet even he can be overwhelmed by them. Swimming among great shoals of fusiliers can become so disorientating, he told me, that even he gets dizzy. Koh Tao's waters can produce far larger visitors too, including whale sharks reaching around 12 metres. Luiz reassured me that they feed on plankton. So what does frighten a man who spends his working life underwater? "The only th
Five reasons why British travellers are flocking to Bangkok's vibrant cultural scene - AOL (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Bangkok is not a city normally associated with lowering your heart rate. The roads throb with tuk-tuks and motorbikes. Woks spit and smoke on pavements. In Chinatown, lobsters and fish are cooked inches from passing traffic while makeshift stalls sell everything from jewellery and handbags to raincoats. Then there are the smells - chilli, garlic, charcoal and incense - and the extraordinary flashes of gold as Buddhist temples appear between glass-and-steel skyscrapers. It is noisy, colourful and
The Thai retreat where the world disappears - AOL (opens the original)
Read excerpt
In The Odyssey, those who ate the lotus forgot the world they had left behind. And high above a secluded bay at Banyan Tree Samui, wrapped in jungle and looking out across an impossibly blue Gulf of Thailand, I began to understand the appeal. The silence and nature here are hypnotic. As I sat on the terrace of my villa at sunset, a V-shaped flock of white herons curled around the headland and disappeared. Blue fishing boats dotted the horizon and warm yellow lights began to twinkle through the t
Depression not down to low 'happy hormones' claims top professor - AOL (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Professor Joanna Moncrieff says the "chemical imbalance" explanation given to generations of patients is a myth - and antidepressants do not work by correcting a proven fault in the brain. Instead, she argues, the drugs may relieve distress by numbing people's emotions, dulling happiness, excitement, love and sexual feelings as well as sadness and anxiety. The explosive claims are made in a forthcoming interview for the Care Visions Talks podcast, run by children's residential care company Care
'We're medicalising childhood' - 'labels' the new 'currency' of schools - AOL (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Schools and parents are being pushed towards ADHD and autism diagnoses because they have become the "currency" of an overwhelmed education system, an education expert has warned. Dave Clements, author of The Crisis in the Classroom, said Britain is increasingly "medicalising childhood", with diagnoses becoming the gateway to support and funding instead of tackling the underlying reasons why children are struggling. "We can't go on like this," he warned, arguing Britain cannot "diagnose its way o
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
Top 10K sites
For Aol, the outlet · Measured Aug 1, 2026
Website popularity band, not a count of readers or article views.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.