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Director Steve McQueen explores life under occupation
Culture

Director Steve McQueen explores life under occupation

Past and present collide in Steve McQueen and Bianca Stigter’s Occupied City, an experimental documentary about Amsterdam under Nazi occupation.

Written by: Shelley Jones

A glimpse inside the world’s most secretive arms fairs
Photography

A glimpse inside the world’s most secretive arms fairs

Photojournalist Nikita Teryoshin spent eight years travelling to “defence shows” around the world, capturing the surreal and sickening ways weapons of destruction are bought and sold.

Written by: Isaac Muk

My trans son’s life depends on compassion not political point scoring
Activism

My trans son’s life depends on compassion not political point scoring

“I was scared every time he left the house,” writes the parent of a trans child following the murder of trans teen Brianna Ghey and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s comments mocking trans people this week.

Written by: Jo

The sign language interpreter changing the way we listen to music
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The sign language interpreter changing the way we listen to music

Amber Galloway doesn’t just do sign language to music – she uses American Sign Language (ASL) and her body, face and vibes to channel the live experience and energy to deaf and hard-of-hearing fans.

Written by: Ben Smoke

Inside the wild world of online pig racing
Culture

Inside the wild world of online pig racing

The League of Pigs released its first video in 2020 and has since amassed almost 100,000 subscribers and millions of views, but the creator remains elusive.

Written by: Lucy Carter

I claimed asylum on religious grounds - this is not a "loophole"
Activism

I claimed asylum on religious grounds - this is not a "loophole"

Escaping religious persecution in Iran seeking refuge became an urgent necessity for survival for Ali and his family.

Written by: Ali D

How splitboarding is breaking new ground
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How splitboarding is breaking new ground

Wandering celebrates splitboarding and ski touring, which allow humans to go beyond the resorts, to slow down and connect with self, one-another and nature.

Written by: Hannah Bailey

Inside life on Tijuana’s garbage dumps
Photography

Inside life on Tijuana’s garbage dumps

Jack Lueders-Booth spent nine summers documenting a community who scratched out a living among trash.

Written by: Isaac Muk

In Photos: One night in an unlicensed boxing club
Photography

In Photos: One night in an unlicensed boxing club

The one 1994 evening that photographer Bruce Gilden spent in a blue collar boxing club in suburban Kent is the subject of his new photobook.

Written by: Isaac Muk

In Photos: The secret gay language still in use today
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In Photos: The secret gay language still in use today

A hot soup of influences and cultures, Polari offered queer people protection and freedom to communicate Professor Paul Baker tells us alongside a photo essay by photographer Felix Pilgrim.

Written by: Josh Jones

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