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Joyful photos of London youth culture in the 50s and 60s
Roger Mayne's seminal body of photography captures London's working class communities in a transformative period after the war and before modernisation reshaped neighbourhoods.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Josh Landau is giving psych rock a skate rat makeover
The guitar virtuoso, skate rebel and prolific frontman talks us through his formative stomping grounds in LA, skating the empty swimming pools of Beverly Hills, shredding atop billboards on Sunset Strip, and his psych-punk solo project Stolen Nova.
Written by: Tracy Kawalik
The passion of West Virginia's last snake-handling church
Photographer Robert LeBlanc journeys to a small town in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, where parishioners of The House of the Lord Jesus are fighting against the odds to keep a centuries-old ritual alive.
Written by: Miss Rosen
'My responsibility is to bring hope through my music'
Rising Brixton rapper Rippa talks to his mentor Ciaran Thapar and producer Toddla T about the value of youth work, reclaiming London, and presenting a positive message on his new EP 'Night Time Walk'.
Written by: Robert Kazandjian
The film exposing surfing’s toxic supply chain
Made by two surfers from the north-east of England, 'The Big Sea' exposes the unlikely link between wetsuits and a small town in Louisiana where the risk of cancer is 50 times the national average for the United States.
Written by: Sam Haddad
Folkestone is changing and its skateboarders aren’t happy
The seaside town serves as a bellwether for Brexit Britain: a place on the cusp of change, divided and at odds. As its skate scene watches local spaces slowly disappear, taken from them by developers, it begs the question: what happens next?
Written by: Peter Yeung
Seun Kuti is continuing a political and musical legacy
The Egypt 80 band member and youngest son of legendary Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti reflects on following in his father’s footsteps and why love isn’t about ownership.
Written by: Jeremy Allen
Inside the UK’s only licensed bare knuckle fight club
Bradford-based photographer John Bolloten captures the brutal world of bare knuckle pit fighting in the north of England.
Written by: Isaac Muk
The soul singer who was rediscovered behind bars
When the artist was handed a 31-year sentence, his music was almost forgotten – that was until the likes of Frank Ocean and Kanye West started sampling his tracks. Now that he’s free, he says he’s still fighting to be heard.
Written by: Thomas Hobbs
A head-first dive into Africa’s heavy metal scene
Author Edward Banches discusses his new book, which examines the hard rock and metal scenes in five African countries: Botswana, Togo, South Africa, Kenya and Ghana.
Written by: Ali Shutler