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“We haven’t seen light at the end of the tunnel yet”: Margate’s youth find work in the pandemic
While the seaside town has undergone regeneration in the past decade, unemployment is soaring and 35% of its 16-year-olds are living in poverty. Here, we speak to the young people that call Margate home.
BLACKPINK’s The Album is their cautiously-crafted crossover record
The K-pop group deliver relentless fireworks moments. But due to their highly polished brand, their first studio album often feels impersonal.
“We’re hated and I love that”: young Leeds fans enjoy first taste of glory
After nearly two decades away, Leeds United are back in the big time. Following their fine start to the season, the club’s young supporters reflect on a lifetime of misery and the unknown spoils of the Premier League.
Paapa Essiedu: “Michaela and I have such a shorthand”
The East Londoner killed it in drama school pal Michaela Coel’s devastating I May Destroy You. Now, he’s in the thick of the apocalyptic action in Alex Garland’s Men and Sky’s The Lazarus Project. But don’t worry – he’s still got time for Glasto…
Everyone’s Tolkien about Morfydd Clark
The Saint Maud actress is about to hit the big time in a billion-dollar TV reboot of Lord of the Rings.
Next gen art: it’s the Bloomin’ New Contemporaries
These lot know good art. They’ve been predicting the Next Big Thing since 1949, like Damien Hirst, Mark Leckey and even David Hockney. So take a moment and check out this year’s New Contemporaries – they’ll be filling a gallery near you soon.
Anyone seen Uncle Shortbread?
The London comedy troupe turning the mundane into nightmarish cinema, one laser-firing, dog-incinerating pope at a time.
Miss Juneteenth is the film reaffirming Black beauty
Eighteen-year-old Alexis Chikaeze discusses her breakout role in the mother-daughter drama, the rigour of beauty pageants and the importance of learning about Black history.
How UK rap and grime helped make Cafe East the best brunch spot in London
This joint has served the likes of Ghetts, Headie One, D Block Europe and Jorja Smith. Perfectly presented pancakes and exotic fruit aside, it's earned a reputation for respecting Bow's music history.
Unseen photos of Hackney’s vibrant working class history
The Rio Tape/ Slide Archive is a new book documenting the rebellious spirit of east London's residents in the '80s, with photographs highlighting an age of poverty, racism and protest during the Thatcher years.
Inside the swing states that could dump Trump
In November’s US presidential election it won’t be the spotlight-grabbing cities of New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles that decide the country’s fate, but “swing states” such as Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Wisconsin. Chris Erik Thomas takes a look at which way they’re likely to lean in 2020.
Could Bratz® influence the election?
As compared to passive neoliberal Barbie or clueless Betty Boop, Bratz have been on the frontlines of social discourse, urging their fans to vote.
Lockdown loneliness in all its glorious mundanity
Photographers Benedict Brink and Clare Shilland have collaborated on a lo-fi photobook with Moon Ltd, ‘Been On My Own For Long Enough’. In it, they document their time spent in lockdown, alone, complete with bloody noses, fag breaks and a snoozing child. Ahh.
Cult author Dennis Cooper on meth, the death of NYC and Miley Cyrus
Upon revisiting his work for a biography, the Frisk author makes a case for his being the oldest living teenager in the world.
Kit out your gaff
Carpets that look like bacon and sofas that look like loaves of bread. Plus plenty of things that don't resemble food and will make your home look heavenly.
Kim Jones wants you to feel good
Whether through Stüssy prints or opera coats, Ghanaian art collabs or Air Jordan drops, Kim Jones is pushing the envelope pour homme right now. Tremaine Emory chats with the James Joyce-Judy Blame-Larry Levan-loving artistic director of Dior Men.