Why are these American restaurants still serving “freedom fries”?
Restaurants still have the patriotically named offering on their menus. We asked five owners to explain why.
Life
Sunday afternoon in a crumbling East End boozer
The fourth instalment of a fictional story from the depths of the weekend – or in this case a Sunday sash at the pub. Enjoy a pick-me-up on the day you need it the most.
The best and worst of fashion TV
As Netflix launches new design-competition series Next in Fashion, we take a look back at some of the best and worst fashion TV shows to have graced our screens.
The Dry January taste test
From Italian premium lager to a jazzy Norwegian IPA, from Brewdog to Brooklyn, from drinkables to edibles… presenting The Face’s superbowl of no-alcohol beers.
A mad dash to a rave in a forest
The third instalment of a fictional story from the weekend starting with a yoga class and intentions, before a serious U-turn takes us further afield.
The fight to rebrand death
Climate change and other factors are forcing us to reconsider traditional practices like burial and cremation. Meet the people at the frontier of the new death movement.
Can algae save the world?
The earth is crying out for a hero. This natural resource may be the answer.
Antics from a fRüity Party
A party in an abandoned leisure centre, a hot, boxy, broken sauna and a bouncy castle - this is part two of a fictional weekend adventure.
We invited viral Wetherspoons TikTok girl to the office to try Marmite
Reader, she hated it.
World of anti-Warcraft: the activists turning online video games into protest sites
By refusing to play them as they “should” be played, Joseph DeLappe and Angela Washko are transforming games such as America’s Army, Grand Theft Auto 5 and World of Warcraft into a new type of public square.
Review: Burger King’s Rebel Whopper
Big Fast Food muscles in on Veganuary. But following Greggs, McDonald’s and KFC’s meat-free menu additions, will BK’s plant-based burger leave a nasty taste in your mouth?
Dancing on a cracked-out houseboat
Introducing a fictional – and rather relatable – tale with outlandish antics from the weekend. For our first instalment, it’s January, it’s fucking cold and well… we’re on a boat.
What does religion say about climate change?
Volume 4 Issue 002: Is it real? Is it prophesied? Are we to blame? And will the gods fix it? A rabbi, a reverend and a Rastafarian walk into a magazine to find out...
Inside Hackney’s secret CCTV bunker
Volume 4 Issue 002: The Face spent a night in the hub where the London borough’s dealers, flashers and murderers are caught on camera. But is CCTV really “Caring for the Community Through Vigilance”?
“Within the next decade we’ll start to book our holidays based on virtual experiences”
The Face guide to the 2020s: Supersonic passenger jets, futuristic cruises and biometric identification – Ray Hammond predicts the future of travel for the decade ahead.
Thoughts on the future of fast food
The Face guide to the 2020s: What’s on the menu? Food futurologist Morgaine Gaye predicts a surge in non-meat meats, the evolution of edible packaging and the introduction of insect protein.
Art & vegetables in Lagos with Yinka Shonibare
Volume 4 Issue 002: The artist’s new residencies in Nigeria will be a launchpad for a new generation.
This is how your deliveries might arrive in the 2020s
The Face guide to the 2020s: Robot “dogs” that drop off parcels, hyperloops and a plane that can travel at three times the speed of sound.
What does plastic surgery look like in the 2020s?
The Face guide to the 2020s: In the words of an expert, “In the 2020s, ageing will be more of a chronic illness than a death sentence.”
“As we go from Gen X through millennials to Gen Z, each generation is drinking less alcohol”
The Face guide to the 2020s: What will alcohol consumption look like in the 2020s? The trend is clear: less.
“It is possible that from 2020 in the UK we will see the new process of dissolving human bodies?”
The Face guide to the 2020s: From “pure cremation” to a hydrolysis process with a lower environmental impact – this is how death might look in the 2020s.
Here’s how AI will change the face of beauty by 2030
The Face guide to the 2020s: What does beauty look like in the 2020s? Algorithm-derived personalised formulas, virtual cosmetic skins and real-time filters that allow you to “try on” a look.
Bassetlaw: inside the constituency with the biggest swing of the general election
As the Labour heartland turned blue for the first time in 84 years, The Face headed to Retford and Worksop to find out why.
What does work look like in the 2020s?
The Face guide to the 2020s: Author Alex Williams discusses the evolution of “the career”, working from home and switching to a four-day working week.
