Culture

Ello, sunshine! These photos will lift your spirits

Artist and Central Saint Martins graduate Stephanie Francis-Shanahan has whipped up the perfect antidote for one helluva crap year: a technicoloured photo book with ravers, dancers, positive messages and felt-tipped butterflies living side-by-side.

Shifting the narrative for Asian masculinity

Younglawa, a photo series by Singaporean photographer Hidhir Badaruddin, challenges the negative stereotypes of Asian male identity he grew up with, establishing an alternate vision that celebrates youth, tenderness and soul.

Conrad Khan’s got stars in his eyes

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.

Around the world in 44 nudes

Photographer Alexandra Leese’s latest project, Me + Mine, explores the relationship women have with their bodies: from Hong Kong to Brazil via Zoom.

Rubric Initiative is set to diversify the fashion industry

An army of industry insiders including AnOther Magazine’s Nell Kalonji, British Vogue’s Olivia Singer, menswear critic Alexander Fury and stylist Ibrahim Kamara are behind a brand new mentorship program offering expert advice to BAME youth.

Boys Do Art so Boys Don’t Cry

Better living through creative therapy: addressing men’s mental health with the London-based collective of painters, collagists and multidisciplinary artists.

Bedroom brands to support in lockdown 2.0

The second quarter of 2020 has seen 176,115 new businesses incorporated in UK, with many converting hobbies into thriving bedroom brands. Just like the four creative so-and-sos here...

What’s eating Irvine Welsh?

As well as entertaining millions, the Scottish novelist has shocked, repulsed and pissed off a legion of readers since the early ’90s. Now he’s on a mission to find new meaning in affrontery in Sky doc Offended by Irvine Welsh.

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