Culture
The Japanese cyclists seeing their city differently
More than the average Mamachari — After a law against fixed-gear bikes threatened to shut the culture down in 2011, the Tokyo bike scene is flourishing in unexpected ways. We catch up with the key guys at the forefront of progressive cycling in Japan’s capital.
Written by: Sophie Knight
What it means to document the everyday reality of black America
When living is a protest — Photographer Ruddy Roye tells stories of invisibility – blending despair with signs of hope – while reflecting a little piece of himself in every image.
Written by: Ruddy Roye
We don't need saving: London sex workers demand an end to racist police raids
No bad women, just bad laws — Women from the English Collective of Prostitutes and the Sex Workers Open University protest police attitudes to migrants sex workers. Sex workers don't need a hero, they say, but to be treated like humans.
Written by: Ella Guthrie
Capturing the death of the Brooklyn hipster
The end of hispterdom? — While living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, the home of the New York hipster, photographer Vero Bielinski set out to discover more about the infamous hispter, a community in search of uniqueness, but in reality all wearing a uniform.
Written by: Khadija Ahmed
Charlie Brooker: "Once you’ve f**ked a pig on the telly, you’ve shifted the bar for what’s acceptable"
Twisted satire — The Black Mirror writer discusses the show’s switch to Netflix, and why he loves torturing his characters.
Written by: HUCK HQ
Capturing London’s skaters through the 21st century
Part of the scene — Even if you've never felt grip tape gnaw through the last layers of rubber around the toe of your Etnies, connecting with Dan Boulton’s images of a powerful period in fashion and camaraderie for skateboarding is easy.
Written by: Locke Fitzpatrick
The exiled Belarusian theatre company taking on society's biggest taboos
The Belarus Free Theatre — Vladimir Shcherban, Nikolai Khalezhin and Natalia Kaliada may be exiled from their home country of Belarus, by the leaders of Europe's last dictatorship, but their underground networks in their home country and abroad have seen the Belarus Free Theatre company blossom, producing work that confronts society's most pressing concerns.
Written by: Sam Williams
Is live streaming the future for performance art?
#Cam4art — The way we consume and present art is always changing, and now #Cam4art are hoping to drag performance art into the digital age with a new live streaming project.
Written by: Marianna Manson
The stylish self-portraits of Namibia’s last nomadic people
Representation vs. reality — When photographer Kyle Weeks offered his camera to Namibia’s indigenous OvaHimba people, it subverted a long-standing power dynamic to reveal a hidden sense of identity.
Written by: Kyle Weeks
The young filmmaker defying a corrupt movie industry in style
Cinema's lone wolf — Afghan director Shahrbanoo Sadat has delivered a scathing critique of her home country - and our tendency to run with the pack - with a dreamlike masterpiece.
Written by: Alex King