Niall Flynn
Last night saw a victory for anti-gentrification activists
Taking back the city — Property developers in Elephant and Castle have been sent back to the drawing board, after local residents demand a better deal.
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Getting lost in the woods, where history & myths collide
The tale of Joseph Plummer — After learning his family’s land in rural New Hampshire was once the home of a fabled local hermit, photographer Amani Willett embarked on a journey to piece together the local legend, blending empiric accounts with fantastical visual lore.
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The people and places that make up modern Britain
Town To Town — For his latest project, Scottish photographer Niall McDiarmid spent six years crafting a contemporary portrait of the UK, visiting over 200 towns in the process.
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Lessons from Wes Anderson’s go-to cinematographer
Create your own world — Robert Yeoman has worked with the Texan filmmaker on all of his live-action features. To mark a special re-release of Bottle Rocket – their first collaboration, and Anderson’s debut – we caught up with him to talk 30 years behind the camera.
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A day in Wales with the real-life leader of the Jedis
Feel the force — With The Last Jedi in cinemas and Star Wars season in full swing, we met up with the founder of The Church Of Jediism at his home in Holyhead, Wales to discuss how he found salvation in the films – and why you can too.
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Shame: ‘It’s important to be outspoken’
South London post-punk — Ahead of the release of their debut album, we caught up with the raucous five-piece to talk messy beginnings, speaking their mind and why more bands should use their platform.
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Filmmaker Emmett Malloy on the escapist power of surfing
New tribes — In The Tribes of Palos Verdes – the latest from Emmett and his brother Brendan – the ocean offers salvation in the face of trauma. For the sibling directors, such a depiction was always going to come naturally.
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10 minutes with skate legend Tony Alva
‘We were revolutionary’ — As he dropped into London to celebrate his 60th birthday, we sat down with the seminal skateboarder and original member of the Z-Boys for a whirlwind chat on his life and legacy.
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Visualising the rise of populism with post-truth pictures
Blurred lines — In A Glimmer Of Accountability, London photographer William Lakin has crafted a visual guide to the past two years of politics, entangling real life and manipulated fiction in the vein of both the Brexit and Trump campaigns.
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Exploring the strange, banal reality of life as a modern spy
Not quite Bond — In ‘Vault 7’ – named after the eponymous WikiLeads publication – photographer George Selley uncovers the peculiarity of behind-the-scenes life in the CIA, questioning popular culture’s perception of the secret agent.
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