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The cult author made the un-auctionable seem indispensable at Substack’s debut auction, where bizarre ephemera turned into high art and surreal moments made for a night as strange as it was sincere.

You wouldn’t be reading this if it wasn’t for Nick Logan, who launched our attractively collectable first issue back in May 1980. Nearly half a century on, he’s back in this Q&A with current Editor-in-Chief Matthew Whitehouse.

The legendary graffiti writers unveil a behemoth exhibition, charting their tunnel-dwelling history in a secret location. We pass by for a Red Stripe on them.

In her bone-chilling debut I Want To Go Home But I’m Already There, writer Róisín Lanigan brings a gothic edge to the persistent horror of renting in London.

Mexican Cartels, high-end watch thieves, Brazilian drug traffickers. All in a day’s work for the founder of 550BC: the criminal world’s favourite book publisher.

With a little help from a stranger on Instagram, artist/curator Devon DeJardin ended up right where he's meant to be: putting on an exhibition that challenges stereotypes about the American West.

To celebrate Vans Premium Old Skool campaign, we asked Detroit trio HiTech, artist Nicole McLaughlin and Vans’ head of footwear design Diandre Fuentes to share their favourite stories from wearing their most reliable pair of shoes.

For Lexee Smith, the past 12 months have been a life-changing whirlwind. Here, we take a trip through the phone of pop’s most in-demand dancer.

Some of our favourite up-and-comers in film, fashion and music. Get involved.

He let Spike Jonze use the inside of his head as the plot of a film. He’s designed 24 menswear collections, one of them named after himself. Now a new film, Opus, sees this 71-year-old double Oscar nominee play Moretti, a mysterious cultural titan who leads a young reporter (Ayo Edebiri) on a merry dance into his psyche.

Guide to Modern Living: The Peaky Blinders actor re-enacts a perilous moment in deep sea diver Chris Lemons’ life in his latest film Last Breath. But how long can he really hold his breath for?

From Chelsea’s Marc Guiu to Fulham captain Tom Cairney, footballers are travelling to Kings Cuts barbers in Epsom for a trim that costs the same as a few pints.

For her new book Raw Talent, photographer Rosie Marks documented the stars that set the gold standard in adult entertainment. Rosie and her collaborator Esra Soraya Padgett give us the, er, low-down on it all.

Guide to Modern Living: The artist and ex-Gucci model is hot on the heels of his debut solo show in London. Here’s how he thrives creatively amongst the, er, chaos of contemporary life.

As The Face Magazine: Culture Shift exhibition opens at London's National Portrait Gallery, Editor-in-Chief Matthew Whitehouse reflects on what the magazine stands for today.

The photographer and chronicler of all things British, now the subject of the upcoming documentary I am Martin Parr, has had a decades-long career that shows no sign of waning despite all its contradictions.

The private view for the National Portrait Gallery’s new exhibition, all about the mag’s trailblazing antics, was a big ol’ FACE knees up.

There is, again, trouble in paradise as The White Lotus welcomes its latest batch of victims-we-mean-guests. Aimee Lou Wood spent seven (!) months in Thailand for the occasion: “It was exactly like The Truman Show”.

The Oscar-nommed film’s make-up artist, Pierre-Olivier Persin, has come a long way from crafting “cheesy” monsters in his bedroom as a teenager.

The multidisciplinary artist is exploring Black representation through photography, cartoons and more – all with the help of AI.

We’re made to believe fashion isn’t built for mums. From a world-renowned stylist to a furniture designer, five women filled us in on what this means in 2025, and what changes need to happen.

One of the country’s most dynamic film festivals has pulled up.