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How Dubai became the hottest holiday destination for UK rappers

2020 in review: While you were scrolling on your phone in lockdown, it looked like half the music scene was popping bottles at the Burj Al Arab.

How Kylie Jefferson danced backwards into ballet drama Tiny Pretty Things

Before stepping into the lead in the Netflix Black Swan-esque series, the actor had to schlep as a corporate assistant before taking centre stage.

YouTube pioneers hero the platform’s rising stars

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What do Anna Nicole Smith, Jeffrey Dahmer and an inflatable sex doll all have in common?

Answer: they all feature in Allan Gardner and Jack Kennedy’s twisted exhibition, He Will Always Be My Son. Exploring fame and social morality, the punk duo’s mixed-media work merges our pop culture obsessions with stark reality.

Female friendship and loneliness in County Wicklow

Irish photographer Eimear Lynch spent the summer exploring female youth and identity through a series of intimate portraits. Little did she know it would help her discover her sense of self.

My media diet: Your Honor’s Lamar Johnson

The 26-year-old actor shares the screen with Bryan Cranston in a series that’s getting compared to crime drama The Night Of. But what does he dig into off-screen?

Cian Oba-Smith: riding out and popping wheelies with the pedalheads

The photographer who shot our New World Biking magazine feature on the challenges of keeping up with a gang of superfit city cyclists.

Then and Now: Black Britain with Celeste and Harris Elliott

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’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.

My media diet: The Hardy Boys’ Rohan Campbell

The Canadian actor who plays the whodunit detective Frank Hardy in the popular series also jams out to a bit of King Krule – but has yet to download TikTok.

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.

Q&A: Ify Adenuga interviewed by Munya Chawawa

The mother of Skepta, JME, Julie and Jason speaks to comedian Munya Chawawa about her new memoir, Endless Fortune.

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.

Then and Now: queer Black Britain with Kai-Isaiah Jamal and Lady Phyll Opoku-Gyimah

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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.

How the suddenly popular series Wayne got a second chance

Irish actor Mark McKenna stars in the volatile teen series that’s “John Wick meets John Hughes”, and it’s getting another shot on Amazon Prime.

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.

Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn: Small Axe’s dancing star

The 26-year-old actress on her captivating TV debut in Lovers Rock and how working with Steve McQueen and Micheal Ward brought her back to her roots.

Riaz Phillips’ new book celebrates the diversity of Caribbean food in the UK

The updated second edition of 2017’s Belly Full is the essential food guide you never had. It took him up and down the country in a bid to tell the stories of its best Caribbean food joints, giving a voice to the people behind them.

Young and dumb in Y2K: watch Dan Scott-Croxford’s new film, 18

A cohort of boisterous teens, smoking in Burger King, loads of booze, a trip to Brighton and zero common sense. What could possibly go wrong?

Then and Now: Black Britain through the eyes of Jeshi and Don Letts

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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.

Theo Cottle captures Bulgaria’s wild, costumed youth for his debut photo-book

The enthralling images that make up Generation / поколение are a celebration of family and folklore in the depths of rural Bulgaria.