The lawyer turned #Merky Books author put colourism on trial in her debut book, We Are All Birds of Uganda. Here, the 29-year-old shares her most loved fiction and the novels that molded her.
Raza Tariq and his crew The Polymaths are out to reshape the creative industry in their own image. But is the 21-year-old really the “greatest artist in human history”, as he puts it? Or is he just a very ambitious young man?
If you want proof of a working relationship that goes the distance, look to that of filmmaker and photographer Anders Edström and designer and stylist Ann-Sofie Back – the Swedish duo have been working together for more than 25 years.
As part of its new Made Strong campaign, Dr. Martens welcomed Kelsey Lu, Venus X and Hank K to the New York stage for a full-on rager.
The British-Zimbabwean comedian and satirist on making his way to viral success, using the news as comic inspiration and how the state of the world has made for some of his best work yet.
We’ve got the goods from Fendi, Diesel, Moncler, MM6 Margiela, Prada, Moschino, Blumarine, Tom Ford, Gucci, MSGM, Sunnei, Versace, BOSS, Ferragamo and Karoline Vitto supported by Dolce & Gabbana.
The 23-year-old Brooklynite is being lauded as one of today’s greatest songwriters. During a promo trip for Getting Killed, the red-hot new album from his band Geese, Winter explains his aversion to hype, and his complex connection with the rock canon.
The BFI’s new programme pays homage to working-class men on screen, featuring films such as The Football Factory, My Beautiful Launderette and Sexy Beast – all of which tell us more about the class divide than any arthouse flick will.
“My old man lives in England so he’d get out of lockdown and be able to go get a haircut or go to the pub, and we’d be here, unable to do bugger all besides go to work and go home.” With more Covid deaths per capita than anywhere else in the UK, youth in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, have been through a lot. THE FACE discovers how they tried – and struggled – to recover.
Chal Ravens’ column collects the best DJ mixes and sets that have dropped in recent weeks.
Off the Rails: The newly-formed brand is making subversive garb inspired by tour merch, hyperpop and tribal tattoos.
A 20-year-old star of the social media age, Beabadoobee is part of the first generation to have near-instant access to endless socio-cultural archives, using them to create a look that is as much Smashing Pumpkins as it is Lizzie McGuire. She is yesterday, today and, probably, tomorrow. She is MEGA.
Also on the Rated by The Face playlist: BXKS, Snuggle, Joviale and Heavy Lungs.
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“We have more shared interests than differences today. We need to champion that shared struggle as young people in a world beyond pandemic.” THE FACE hits the streets of Northern Ireland to find out how Covid politicised young people.
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.
