Mental Health
How do you solve a problem like the music industry?
Beyond the Music is a conference and grassroots festival bringing together people from across the industry to try and grapple with the biggest issues facing it.
Written by: Ben Smoke
“Music can save you for a day”: Touché Amoré on social media and subcultures
To celebrate a new album and reflect on a decade and a half of being themselves, frontman Jeremy Bolm chats about opening up via lyrics, subcultures in the internet age, and the hardcore re-revival.
Written by: Isaac Muk
The activists fighting the mental health crisis
Micha Frazer-Carroll examines the way the mental health crisis has escalated in the last five years and meets those organising to end it.
Written by: Micha Frazer-Carroll
Inside the uplifting world of Death Cafes
Meet the young people finding life talking about death in cafes popping up across the world.
Written by: Anna Wolfe
Inside Oregon's only locked psychiatric facility for women
In 1976, Mary Ellen Mark was given unique access to Oregon State Hospital to photograph life on the high security Ward 81, creating a nuanced and compassionate portrayal of female mental health patients.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Could fruit & veg prescriptions help a collapsing NHS?
Off script — Social prescribing connects people with non-medical support to improve their health and wellbeing – everything from surfing to dance classes. But is it just a plaster over the gaping wounds afflicting the country’s health service?
Written by: Kyle MacNeill
A visual exploration of female neurosis in horror films
Through stills, anecdotes and film criticism, a new book examines the portrayal of women’s destructive emotions, reframing it as a challenge to patriarchal structures.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Why I’m celebrating 10 years since trying to take my own life
Finding hope — On the tenth anniversary of attempting to take his own life, writer Ben Smoke reflects on what he’s learned – and the road ahead.
Written by: Ben Smoke
Israeli violence is central to Palestine’s mental health crisis
End apartheid — The answer to improving the well-being of Palestinians rests not with individualised solutions from the Global North, but with ending settler colonialism, writes Layth Hanbali.
Written by: Layth Hanbali
In the UK’s coastal towns, queer voices remain unheard
Salt in the wound — Poverty and deprivation are rife in the UK’s seaside towns. Writer Tom Stockley, who grew up in Torbay, describes how for LGBTQ+ communities, this can have a particularly devastating impact.
Written by: Tom Stockley
‘Dead time’ and the broken world of work
Unjust system — Unpaid time spent at work while not working is a ubiquitous feature of the gig economy. And, how we think about it has huge implications for the future of work and the rights of all workers.
Written by: Hugh Morris
What is the link between mental and physical health?
In partnership with Reebok — In the second instalment of Collectivity, 2Step Collective connect with Zoë Aston, a writer and therapist championing regular mental health workouts for all.
Written by: Huck