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To celebrate the much anticipated new series of Top Boy, actor and musician Little Simz steps behind the camera to photograph her fellow female costars for International Women's Day – and gives her first in-depth interview since that Brit Awards triumph.

The Liverpudlian spoken-word performer, real name PJ Smith, released his debut collection Algorithm Party to critical acclaim. Now he’s taking his hilarious, observational stories about addiction and anxiety around the UK.

The photographer’s new book, While You Were Sleeping, presents unseen photos from London’s clubs between 1998 and 2000. Here, the great Geordie describes the dancefloor’s pre-millennial magic.

Non-profit SkatePal is building skateparks and providing lessons to kids in occupied Palestine, “transposing boundaries and political situations to create a sense of community and self-confidence.”

“That place was people’s family,” says Dave Schubert, who spent much of his teenage years photographing his friends and the skaters who came and went from Washington DC’s legendary plaza. We managed to get hold of him – and the negatives.

One word in FromSoftware’s new fantasy epic has relentlessly horny players in, well, a sex-pickle.

From The Matrix Resurrections to Scream and Euphoria, the fourth wall is being well and truly shattered.

Digital cover: Is Fezco the secret weapon in the award-winning HBO teen drama? Fame-phobic Angus Cloud, who plays the show’s coolly charismatic drug dealer and friend-of-Rue, would never say that. But we might.

Think the twee trend is all about Zooey Deschanel and Peter Pan collars? Think again. From trainspotting to Ted Lasso, tweeness has seeped into every aspect of our lives. Born twee, live twee, die twee.

THE FACE took to LA to get involved in all the arty happenings last week. Here’s what went down.

Mood is a new BBC drama about an aspiring songwriter and rapper who falls down an OnlyFans rabbit hole. Nicôle Lecky’s one-woman show won over critics in theatres. Now it’s poised to dominate screens, too.

Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be. We’re recycling eras so quickly in the 2020s that the 1990s might as well be a century ago. But if 2014 is already old hat, where do we go from here?

Doa, aka d0lgur, aka Ísadóra Bjarkardóttir Barney, aka daughter of Björk, is a teenage student, record store employee, filmmaker, singer and now actor, about to make her big-screen debut in the new film from The Witch director Robert Eggers. Which means she is going to be famous, in her own right, soon enough.

The Londoner is the soundtrack composer for Sam Levinson’s can’t-miss drama, embedded on the filmmakers’ set. As the series finale approaches, he gives us the scoop on making music with Zendaya.

PinkPantheress, 21 and our cover star, meets Tracy Beaker author Jacqueline Wilson, 74 and a legend in children’s books. Yes, we can’t quite believe it either.

For over four decades, Benett has shot defining moments in pop culture, like Geri in that Union Jack dress, or Kate and Naomi on a ’90s night out. Now, he’s getting ready for his first-ever solo exhibition.

The gripping but polarising mini-series was made without Pamela Anderson’s blessing. But actress-turned-director Bell, herself a victim of a nude photo theft, felt Pammy's story was too prescient not to tell.

Star Wars has a long legacy of unnecessary spinning in fight scenes. So why were fans so upset when space mod Skad added to the tradition in The Book of Boba Fett’s finale?

In honour of Valentine’s Day, THE FACE have put together a list of the hottest, sexiest, steamiest photobooks available right now. Erotica, homoerotica, rare Japanese gems, first-time snogs and DIY zines – we’ve got ’em all.

Tipped to win big at this year’s Oscars, Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s mighty touch seems to be turning everything to gold. With his latest film, Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, out now, THE FACE picks his brains.