Culture

Blackburn Ravers

The regeneration game: along with a community of artists, four lads with guitars known as The Illicits are helping reboot their north-west town.

Take Thy Mrs: How come MCs are obsessed with cuckolding?

Rappers are scoring hits by threatening to link your girl. It’s a form of ridicule with a long history in literature and folklore.

7 days in Lima with Lotte Andersen

The British artist fled during the month of a would-be Brexit to make art in Peru: “We were all fighting. Time to get out.”

Listen to Blondey McCoy talk about his art

The artist, designer and skateboarder gives us an aural run through of the artworks in his new London exhibition, Blondey: Stella Populis.

Inside Netflix’s entirely queer writer’s room

Lauren Morelli takes Colin Crummy behind the scenes on Tales of the City, Netflix’s new drama set in San Francisco.

Films that told the future 001: Idiocracy

Mike Judge’s dystopian comedy that follows the story of Corporal Joe Bauers who wakes up in a future where everything’s gone to shit.

Why Kristen Stewart is best at playing herself

Public consensus was that Stewart could not act. But she’s just being herself, and that’s what makes her riveting onscreen.

What’s it like living under the Westway crossover?

The forthcoming book Urban Gypsies offers an intimate glimpse into a London travelling community.

Inside 44KW – Shanghai’s most stylish club

Fashion-loving ravers are congregating at the fresh new venue. The Face gets involved.

Raven Smith on Love Island

Ahead of Love Island’s latest series, Raven Smith: writer, columnist and all-round gobby person talks about his upcoming podcast on The Face.

Global art calendar: June

Curator, writer and art-lover Shonagh Marshall has edited a list of the must-see exhibitions opening this month.

Alia Shawkat is taking things up a gear

The American actress-turned-filmmaker and Arrested Development star on her role as a “vibrant, outgoing narcissist” in Animals, a Dublin-set tale of toxic friendship, one-night stands, cocaine and booze.

The colourful clientele who stay at “America’s Scariest Motel”

In the desert, two hundred miles outside of Vegas, is a Clown Motel where patrons come from far and wide for a good scare.

Go on – phone in sick and go to a free festival instead

Seana Gavin’s new exhibition Spiral Baby celebrates the revolutionary togetherness of Spiral Tribe. It’s good for you.

The founder of rock and style bible RAYGUN tells stories of its making

Marvin Scott Jarrett recalls how he got Björk, Bowie and Jane’s Addiction on key issues of the authoritative ’90s magazine.

SORT curates: goths most talented

Multidisciplinary duo, Joseph Delaney and Matt King, curate the goths of the creative industry.

7 days, 7 things: Heron Preston

7 days in the life of the hyper-creative, documented via 7 things.

Booksmart is tearing up the teen film rule book

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Why do famous people go to university?

Many celebrities – Emma Watson, Julia Stiles, Dylan Sprouse – have skipped out on Hollywood to shack up in a college dorm. Why?

“What if some things do last forever?”

Forever Now is the collective exhibition, featuring the work of four artists, asking questions about nostalgia and futurism.

The Perfection: Richard Shepard’s new Netflix nasty

Review: A tightly-plotted film that veers through several different tones, The Perfection stands up to repeat viewing, should you have the stomach for it.

Robert Pattinson shines in The Lighthouse

Review: Robert Eggers, directing fearlessly, paints a vivid scene that he will subsequently take a mean pleasure in trashing.

Beanie Feldstein: Hollywood’s new Type A golden girl

The Lady Bird actor is taking R-rated teen comedy out of the dark ages with her latest movie Booksmart.

Normies by day, fetish obsessives by night

The latex-clad patrons of Bound. During the day, they’re office regulars working a 9 to 5. At night, the kink and fetish gear comes out.