London
We tagged along with activists ad-hacking the tube
Breaking the rules — With injustice all around us, activists are constantly being forced to find new ways to grab our attention. We join campaigners from No More Deportations as they take to the London underground network at night to ad-hack, highlighting the inhumane deportations the British state subjects people to.
Written by: Oobah Butler
Making a Feminist: From girlhood to motherhood, my fight continues
From Where I Stand — On Saturday 21 January 2017, history was made. The largest ever worldwide demonstration organised by women marched on towns and cities across the globe. Much attention has been given to the stats and figures, but every women on every march has their own story of how they were made a feminist. This is Naomi Westland's.
Written by: Naomi Westland
The band turning pie shops and abandoned hospitals into DIY venues
Making space — With small music venues shutting down, soul synth duo Night Games have taken a DIY approach to performing at a time where live music could be disappearing for good.
Written by: Bryn Evans
Women's March on London: Should we thank the new President?
A movement catalysed — On the day after America’s new President is sworn in, over 100,000 people march through the capital for the Women's March on London. But this isn't about POTUS.
Written by: Lidia Buonaiuto
Anti-Trump protests hit London
'Trump's a wasteman' — Protestors and police clashed in central London last night as anti-Trump protests kicked off in the city, with a giant Trump head effigy being beaten to a pulp.
Written by: Michael Segalov
Bridges Not Walls: London stands united against Trump's inauguration
Fuck Trump — As the world wakes up on the day that Donald Trump is inaugurated as President, hundreds of activists take to London's bridges in defiance, with one simple message: Bridges not Walls.
Written by: Michael Segalov
Battling depression and addiction at London’s homeless boxing club
Step into the ring — Members of Caris Boxing Club might be marked out as anti-social, dirty and unsafe on the street, but at London's homeless boxing club they're standing up and fighting back.
Written by: Matt Broomfield
Last night London celebrated the life of George Michael
RIP George — The tragic death of musical legend George Michael over Christmas, queer people across the world were forced to say goodbye to an icon. Last night London celebrated the singer's life and unapologetic sexuality.
Written by: Michael Segalov
For LGBT people it doesn't always 'get better'
Le Gateau Chocolat — Drag performer Le Gateau Chocolat talks visibility, growing up different, and how it doesn't always get better when you're queer.
Written by: Michael Segalov
London marches in solidarity with civilians in Aleppo
"Drop aid not bombs" — Central London comes to a standstill as protestors called on the British government to take immediate action to help the Syrian people suffering brutality in the devastated city of Aleppo.
Written by: Charlotte Irwin