
Culture


1917: anthem for doomed youth
Forget Firth and Cumberbatch. Sam Mendes’s award-winning First World War blockbuster is all about the young actors on a life-or-death mission between the trenches – and Dean-Charles Chapman is the Essex lad leading from the front.
Making a murderer: Freddie Fox on his new role as Jeremy Bamber
The White House Farm killings – which saw Bamber convicted of shooting dead his family at the age of 24 – were one of the most notorious British crimes of the Eighties. How does an actor prepare for that kind of role – especially when, 34 years later, the murderer still insists he’s innocent?

The film director polarising Russian audiences
Volume 4 Issue 2: Kantemir Balagov is the rough-edged and rebellious talent behind Russia’s lesbian Oscar hopeful.

Global culture calendar: January
A month packed full of stuff worth getting out of bed for.

Not your average kid: Roman Griffin Davis
Volume 4 Issue 002: Meet the British actor starring with Scarlett Johansson in an Oscar-winning Adolf Hitler satire.

Inclusive veganism takes root in Jamaica
Volume 4 Issue 002: Writer Clare Considine discovers the rich history of Rastafarian Ital cuisine and shares her recommendations for Kingston’s vegan hot spots.

An oral history of Girl, Interrupted
Susanna Kaysen’s mental ward memoir was adapted into one of the most harrowing female-led films of the last 30 years. Director James Mangold and key members of the film’s crew look back on its making.

From Asa to zygote: an A to Z of Sex Education

The simulator players who are always on the job
Most people play video games as a form of escapism. For others, it’s an extension of their daily grind.

A peek inside (Miss) Jason’s Closet
The internet funnyman returns for a second series of Jason’s Closet, where Royal Ascot’s Ladies Day, Extinction Rebellion protests and an acid house rave are on the menu.

Star Wars: a heroine awakens
Meet Naomie Ackie, the badass newcomer in The Rise of Skywalker, a fast-rising actress galloping out of north-east London on a space horse (with tusks).

Ffasiwn, The Film
The South Wales Valleys as you’ve never seen them before.

Bananas and selfies: photography from inside Miami Art Basel
Photographer Rosie Marks went inside the annual art fair so you didn’t have to.

Ben Hardy: “I think I was just an attention-seeking little kid”
Volume 4 Issue 002: Journeying from EastEnders to Hollywood blockbusters with the “fucking crazy” anti-thespian.

BTS of Uncut Gems starring Adam Sandler, Julia Fox and The Weeknd
Photographer Anna Pollack talks us through the hair raising action on the set of the Safdie brothers’ new film shot in New York’s Diamond District.

Art lads: the young British artists grabbing masculinity by the balls
Meet Trackie McLeod, Corbin Shaw and Sam Harris, the British artists challenging hyper-masculine stereotypes and raising awareness on mental health.

Julia Fox: “Adam Sandler really believed in me”
Volume 4 Issue 002: The underground star who steals the show in the new Safdie brothers movie.

Meet Wayne Diamond, the man who made Uncut Gems unfuggedable
This New Yorker is a diamond in the ruff, and his brief appearance in the Safdie brothers’ heart-pounding new film takes the insanity to a whole new level.

Javon Walton: because he wanna
Volume 4 Issue 002: Backflipping on talk shows, raising The Rock’s eyebrow, rocking Sharpie face tatts: all part of 13-year-old Euphoria star Javon Walton’s wild ride to stardom.

Lily-Rose Depp on Hollywood, beauty and dropping out of high school
Volume 4 Issue 002: With roles in Yoga Hosers, The King and the upcoming Dreamland, the French-American is following in the fairytale footsteps of her earliest acting influence, Catherine Deneuve.

Alexa Demie: this is the girl
Volume 4 Issue 002: She’s the breakout actress of the year - one that could only have come from the city of dreams.

There’s a lot more to Imelda Marcos than her colossal shoe collection
Lauren Greenfield’s revealing documentary The Kingmaker explores the extravagant life of the former first lady of the Philippines and matriarch of the Marcos political family.