Borys Korban

The painter graduated from the Royal College of Art last year and is hell-bent on flipping the narrative of trauma in Black art, one euphoric, sexy portrait of Black women at a time.

The singer is placing his poetic lyricism with leftfield production.

From school to stardom, the 19-year-old actress and Rocks breakout is rising – fast – to the top.

In the fourth instalment of our week-long series, figures from music, art, food, sex work and education look back on a year that shook their fields. Here, Ellie Pennick, founder of Guts Gallery, talks us through a year of online exhibitions.

The lawyer turned #Merky Books author put colourism on trial in her debut book, We Are All Birds of Uganda. Here, the 29-year-old shares her most loved fiction and the novels that molded her.

The blue-haired London Model, 19, on Mötley Crüe, silk pirate shirts and always asking for what you want.

From Prada gadget cases to Louis Vuitton perspex packs. Don’t try this at home.

Ayton is the megaphone-wielding figurehead of a movement that aims to eradicate institutionalised racism wherever it’s found. As focus turns from marches to three-tier local lockdowns, the 29-year-old is contemplating how to maintain momentum while socially distanced, and how to create real and lasting change within the UK.

Volume 4 Issue 3: We ask stand-up heavyweights Jaboukie Young-White, Janine Harouni, Jamie Demetriou, Phoebe Walsh, Catherine Cohen, Sam Campbell, Kate Berlant, Jordan Brookes and Chris Redd about the new era of comedy.

Volume 4 Issue 002: The DJ might be new rap royalty but she’s also a deep-down neek.