Culture

A post-lockdown guide to Paris

Today, 59 countries open their borders for quarantine-free travel, including France. Oh la la. We asked hip-hop party heads Yard Paris and the co-founder of Paris’ famed La Creole club night to curate a coronavirus-friendly itinerary for your next trip to the capital.

Art to see IRL

As the lockdown starts to lift, the UK’s galleries are opening their doors to the public so you can finally get your fill of some proper fine art. Social distancing regulations still apply. Enjoy – but wear a mask.

KiKi Layne refuses to be put in a box

The breakout star of Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk is back on our screens with a role in a comic-book movie. Lockdown might have left her in limbo, but Layne remains resolutely focused on her goal: to break through the boundaries and limitations of Hollywood.

Lesbian couples madly in lurrrv

It was during Lesbian Visibility Day when London-based photographer Vic Lentaigne thought to reach out to her queer community. The result is smoochin’, huggin’ and a whole lotta luvin’.

The death of the cop movie

With increasingly exposed police brutality and calls to defund the force, is it time the film industry put one of its most successful genres into custody?

Ib Kamara imagines life after lockdown

For the fourth and final guest edit of Browns' Family Affair initiative, the renowned fashion visionary taps into his community to curate a manifesto for the future.

Pick up a print for the anti-racism movement

The Anti-Racism photography fundraiser features prints by the likes of Corinne Day, Mario Sorrenti, Renell Medrano, Martin Parr and Wolfgang Tillmans that you can pick up for £100 a pop, with all proceeds going to Black British charities.

Himesh Patel: from the Beeb to the blockbusters

Starting off in BBC soap EastEnders, British-Indian actor Himesh Patel has moved on to roles that go against usual BAME type casting, starring in period drama The Luminaries and Christopher Nolan’s upcoming epic, Tenet. It’s all about changing perceptions, he says.

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