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Dave Okumu transforms the personal into a conversation
Music

Dave Okumu transforms the personal into a conversation

After spending almost 20 years in the music industry working with everyone from Amy Winehouse to Grace Jones, the veteran artist is finally embracing the spotlight to release his most intimate album – with a collaborative twist.

Written by: Ammar Kalia

A revolutionary history of the women written out of punk
Books

A revolutionary history of the women written out of punk

Jen B. Larson's 'Hit Girls: Women of Punk in the USA' is a captivating compendium of nearly 100 all-female or female-fronted bands from 1975–1983, immortalising the lives and legacies of those often written out of history.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Vivid portraits of Atlanta in the mid-90s
Photography

Vivid portraits of Atlanta in the mid-90s

Photographer Barry Lewis captures the rapid growth and stark inequality of Atlanta around its hosting of the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Written by: Miss Rosen

It's time for skateboarding's environmental reckoning
Skate

It's time for skateboarding's environmental reckoning

Skateboarding is heavily dependent on carbon-hungry concrete, but could a cement-free alternative and a focus on skate-friendly cities help reduce its impact?

Written by: Sam Haddad

For Desire Marea, eroticism is a life force
Music

For Desire Marea, eroticism is a life force

On the romance of being — After being called to train as a traditional Nguni healer, the South African artist opened up a conversation between the spiritual, the ancestral and the erotic that led to the creation of an album like no other.

Written by: Niloufar Haidari

Photos celebrating indigenous Bolivian women in extreme sports
Photography

Photos celebrating indigenous Bolivian women in extreme sports

Photographer Celia D. Luna documents skaters, wrestlers and mountain climbers who also identify as 'cholitas' – a once derogatory term for indigenous women who endured decades of discrimination, but have come to represent an integral part of Bolivian national identity.

Written by: Isaac Muk

Jeremy Corbyn isn't going anywhere
Interviews

Jeremy Corbyn isn't going anywhere

“I was elected to do a job" – The veteran MP talks Labour leadership, Parliament, the left and the future in a wide-ranging interview with Ben Smoke.

Written by: Ben Smoke

Photos capturing life in the aftermath of the Iraq War
Photography

Photos capturing life in the aftermath of the Iraq War

The cost of war — Twenty years on from the beginning of the US-led invasion, Moises Saman's photographs show the scale of the destruction and loss faced by Iraqi civilians – as well as their resilience.

Written by: Isaac Muk

Blood and bin fires: Paris's pension protests in photos
Activism

Blood and bin fires: Paris's pension protests in photos

Amid nationwide strikes and unrest, photographer Ryan Thomas captures the people's response to the French government's controversial pension reform bill.

Written by: Ben Smoke

Brutal portraits showing the realistic side of pro-wrestling
Photography

Brutal portraits showing the realistic side of pro-wrestling

Photographer Michael Watson explains how his candid backstage images capture the raw energy and larger than life personalities of some of wrestling's biggest stars.

Written by: Sean Neumann

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