Culture

...And unlike actual Christmas, the government can’t cancel it this year. Praise be to the return of the UK’s favourite dating reality TV show (sorry, Too Hot To Handle).

Five Things: The In The Heights triple threat opens up about his most treasured items that will never be flogged off at a car boot sale.

With millions of streams and a nostalgic TikTok audience eager to relive their childhoods, music from kid’s TV shows is having a viral moment. From Teen Titans Go! to The Backyardigans, THE FACE meets the creators behind the magic.

The 32-year-old British writer’s new podcast tackles everything from the cult of journalism to Britain’s relationship with Europe, one honest conversation at a time.

From Midsommar to Hereditary, A24 has been revitalising the horror genre over the past few years, with prestige projects that tap into our most basic fears. With the release of False Positive this Friday, the studio’s reign of terror over cinema shows no signs of slowing down.

The actress grew up on the set of One Tree Hill and is about to go stratospheric in the upcoming reboot of Gossip Girl. She’s got teen drama in her veins, folks, and is a force of irrepressible cool, you’d better believe it…

Over the past seven years, 41-year old photographer Nik Hartley has documented Sharaz Ali, a teenager living in a small Lancashire town. What have they taught one another? Not to be a “miserable old git”.

When Francisco Garcia was just seven, his father, Christobal, went missing. Now, his new book, If You Were There, attempts to unravel the tense and ambiguous nature of estrangement.

Known for its hyperbolic drama, clips from old Nollywood films have become a mainstay in online meme culture. Now, companies like Netflix are catching on.

C.P. Company 971 - 021. An informal history of Italian sportswear is an homage to Massimo Osti’s cult sportswear brand, through the eyes of those to whom it means the most.

Streethearts is an on-going project by British photographer Cieron Magat, taken in Hackney, where he lives, and Reading, where he was born, between the years of 2016 and 2020.

With an adidas collab and a solo exhibition at London's Truman Brewery under her belt, 23-year-old Daisy Tortuga makes rugs to process the chaos of life.

Marvel’s most popular villain gets his own TV series and a journey to redemption – unless the British-Nigerian actress can stop him.

The HBO limited series’ depiction of the opioid crisis is thin, but it’s not wrong. Its major blindspot? The fact that addicts are worthy of redemption.

The artist’s debut solo exhibition, Scar Tissue, explores hypermasculine environments and the pressures that come with them. His advice? Let’s get talking.

Five things: the musician and memoirist shares her most treasured items that will never end up selling for peanuts on eBay.

The Stone Roses’ mythologised 1990 event up North was the totem of a youth movement. Here, we chat to photographer Patrick Harrison, who shot a spread for THE FACE at the turn of the decade.

Rumours are swirling about a fictional “GTA bitcoin” that might be included in the next installment of the game. Stick ‘em up, rake in the virtual coins.

Central Saint Martins grad Bailey Slater’s inaugural magazine celebrates all things British, gay, and early Noughties – get ready for an adrenaline-fuelled ride, soundtracked by Girls Aloud.

Founder and editor John Joseph Holt looks back on a decade of his independent magazine, with friend and writer Bryony Stone.