Hollie Williamson

Dua Saleh’s back with hard-hitting rap, Smerz share a fan favourite and Lil Yachty flaunts his Michigan credentials.

In the fifth of a week-long series, figures from music, art, food, sex work and education look back on a year that shook their fields. Here, the DJ, producer and label boss talks about keeping spirits high while the clubs are closed.

The 27-year-old producer-director powerhouse has proven he’s worth his salt as a director, after creating deeply intimate, dynamic music videos for musician Ms. Carrie Stacks. But there’s plenty more where that came from. And, scene...

Born in Sudan, raised in the American Midwest, Dua Saleh is now in Wales, wrapping a role in Sex Education. But just how did a queer underground musician land a part in one of Netflix's biggest shows?

The Minnesota musician lines up some chill tracks for the guests of their summer feast.

The artist, who has worked with ICA, Peak Gallery and was awarded a spot at the Royal Academy, takes the crap you tip and turns it into proper works of art. Humorous, sensitive, and always irreverent, Crowther is set to be BritArt’s Next Big Thing.

Paying homage to Trinidadian carnival culture, the young designer and Fashion East newbie made a sizeable impression with his electrifying London Fashion Week collection debut.

The Kiwi Rekords boss has united a new wave of producers who are determined to deliver feel-good bangers.

The Booker Prize longlister pens exclusively for THE FACE.

We’ve long-seen Britain’s gory gang life played out on screen, and even charting in the Top 40. As for books? Not so much, until Gabriel Krauze – once juggling a criminal career and a university degree – released his ultraviolent debut, Who They Was, last year.

From kicking a football about with his mates, to a starring role in County Lines playing an exploited Class A-dealing teen, the 20-year-old actor is set to take on the film biz.

The 26-year-old actress on her captivating TV debut in Lovers Rock and how working with Steve McQueen and Micheal Ward brought her back to her roots.