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In an extract from Cryptocurrency: How Digital Money Could Transform Finance, WIRED’s staff writer Gian Volpicelli traces the digital currency’s dark political past.

Q&A: Whether he's making babies or accidental caramel, the 48-year-old TV presenter and former Paralympics basketball player has been pretty busy over lockdown.

Things are finally starting to heat up in the villa, but unfortunately one contestant is getting burned more than others.

The Stranger Things star comes into her own as Ziggy Berman in Netflix’s ambitious new horror trilogy, Fear Street, based on R.L. Stine’s teen novels of the same name.

Growing up on Sheffield council estates, the 29-year old artist takes the mundanities of Blighty and turns them into beauties. Proper.

With its killer politicians and warring elf creatures, Trese took just three days to rocket into Netflix’s top 10 most-watched shows in 19 countries. Here, THE FACE meets its creators to hear the true crime and folklore stories that inspired the Filipino hit.

The influencer and podcaster has made a name for herself by mercilessly taking the piss out of girlboss culture. Here’s what she gets up to within the confines of her screen.

This series of Love Island seems to be a dud. But this bombshell’s arrival might just shake things up...

From Bangkok to Berlin, photographer Amber Valence documents hair-raising punk shows pre-Covid. Get involved.

Five Things: The star of Netflix's new slasher trilogy Fear Street gives us a peek at his most precious possessions. Don't expect to see these items on Depop anytime soon...

Artist Tan Gillies’ new film explores the intense highs and lows of growing up, presented through the mysticism of Iceland, and the chaos of London.

In just two months, Watson D. Hirschfield has amassed over half-a-million followers on the platform. His winning formula? Amping up the ridiculousness of our fave retro bangers.

The nation’s favourite show is back with a bang, but viewers had a lot to say when the iconic line was replaced by: “I’ve got a voice note!” Is nothing sacred these days?

Artists like Harry Duddridge and Esme Blegvad turn the traditional medium of stained glass on its head, creating sexy, pop culture-inspired pieces that look good enough to eat.

A recent US study found that fewer than 20 per cent of professional tennis players come from non-white backgrounds. Here in South London, the 22-year-old wants to give a new generation of players their break.

From Scream to Psycho, here are 13 slasher flicks to get you in the mood for Netflix's upcoming Fear Street series.

A German football fan who lives in – and loves – England explains her complex emotions in the countdown to the teams' big Euros showdown.

Simon Amstell’s new stand-up show, Spirit Hole, explores the therapeutic powers of magic mushrooms. The comedian talks trips, quips and ripping the ego out of musicians on Popworld.

...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.