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In photos: the glorious heyday of the Empire Roller Disco
On one night in February 1980 Photographer Patrick D. Pagnano captured the heart of New York at the Empire Roller Disco. A new book of the same name brings those photos to the world after being lost to archives for close to 40 years writes Isaac Muk.
Written by: Isaac Muk
Inside the factories and tower blocks of industrialised China
In his new photobook Common Dreams, Kai Löffelbein was able to gain entry to the factories at the heart of China's rapid modernisation. Here Isaac Muk speaks to the photographer about the lives, hopes and humanity of those he encountered.
Written by: Isaac Muk
The drag night at the heart of LGBTQ rights in Namibia
Amid a growing LGBTQ+ civil rights movement and multiple Supreme Court hearings that represent a crucial moment for equality in the country, Drag Night Namibia provides a space for queer joy and solidarity.
Written by: Chris de Beer-Procter
Joy, sweat and tears at Fall Out Boy's intimate UK shows
Photographer Aiyush Pachnanda captures everything that went down when the emo legends came to London to play their smallest UK show in years at one of the city's most historic LGBTQ+ venues.
Written by: Emma Garland
A lifelong friendship with David Bowie – In photos
Singer, songwriter and producer Geoff MacCormack was by David Bowie's side from their primary school days to touring the world. His new photographic memoir gives a unique and intimate insight into the man who changed music.
Written by: Emma Garland
The fight against the refugee ban will be won in the streets
Thousands gathered outside Parliament this week to protest the Tories' new Illegal Migration Bill, which is being met with widespread backlash from human rights organisations to football pundits.
Written by: Ben Smoke
Queer people grow old, too
From social clubs and custom painted vans to bathhouses and retirement communities, more and more filmmakers and photographers are showing what life actually looks like for LGBTQ+ elders.
Written by: Jake Hall
One photographer's love letter to the power of Dolly Parton
After being infatuated with Dolly Parton for years, Alice Hawkins places the iconic country star at the centre of her latest project exploring constructs of character and the freedom to become whoever we want.
Written by: Millen Brown-Ewens
Vibrant portraits of cosplayers in everyday places
In 'Kids of Cosplay', photographer Thurstan Redding dives into the underground yet hugely popular subculture to illuminate the people beneath the costumes.
Written by: Isaac Muk
The birth and repression of radical music in the 1960s
Aaron J. Leonard discusses his new book 'Whole World in an Uproar' – a critical history of countercultural artists like Bob Dylan, Nina Simone and Jim Morrison in the context of anti-war action, Black liberation movements and widespread FBI surveillance.
Written by: Jeremy Allen