In 2023, just 1,520 students completed their hairdressing training, down from 8,660 in 2015 – that's astonishingly low numbers for an industry that’s essentially AI-proof. But these lot aren't letting their clippers gather dust.
This week, Palestinian art was projected onto the exterior walls of London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts, which has been criticised by activists for its funding. THE FACE headed down to find out what’s going on.
They’re round. They’re 13.5% alcohol. They’re filling the shelves at your local corner shop. Haven’t tried them yet? Don’t worry, you will…
In a country fully mobilised against an existential threat to its existence, Ukraine’s queer soldiers are on the frontline of a fight for acceptance. Until recently, their presence and struggles remained largely invisible.
Over the course of his campaign, the president-elect nurtured a beast that had already begun to spawn – using the manosphere to his advantage and turning it into electoral gold.
As of March this year, 120,000 UK asylum applications were still awaiting a decision, leaving those who submitted them in perpetual limbo. THE FACE meets four young men trying to build a life despite it all.
Photographer Mariana Pires hit the West London streets to document the celebration of Caribbean culture.
The racially-motivated violence that has broken out across the UK over the past week has left the country’s brown and Black communities living in fear. But while the scale of the riots has been shocking, they’ve not exactly been a surprise.
The far-right riots are a harrowing reminder of rising racism and Islamophobia. But, as Stand Up to Racism points out, this is not the first time we’ve had to unite against hate in the UK.
Now in its third year, the three-week free programme gives emerging talent the chance to learn from experts and contribute to Holiday Club’s annual magazine. And applications for this summer have just opened.
After 14 years of Tory rule, there's a new party in power. “Change begins today,” says Keir Starmer. But with successes for both Reform UK and the Green Party, which way will Labour bend to stay in power beyond the next five years?
In 2019, Bury North was the single closest seat in the UK. With the winner tending to also win the national vote, we spoke to the young people of a town that could predict the next PM.
La Camionera is the only FLINTA (female, lesbian, intersex, non-binary, trans and agender) owned lesbian bar in London. Now it's putting down permanent roots.
In the 1980s, almost half of 18-to-34-year-olds lived in a property they owned. Now, around 40 per cent have moved back in with their parents – that’s if they ever moved out at all. Hello, mum and dad. Have you missed us?
The number of independent candidates has more than doubled since the last general election. As support dwindles for the two major parties, it seems voters are ready for alternatives.
In case you hadn’t heard, his dad was a toolmaker.
Here’s a handy breakdown of where Labour, the Tories, the Greens, the Lib Dems and Reform stand on climate change and pollution.
Ten years ago, George Osborne shared his party’s vision for a more prosperous, more autonomous, better-connected North. Was it one of the biggest duds in recent British politics?
To kick off our general election coverage we sat down with the youngest Muslim MP to ever be elected to discuss Labour's future, Diane Abbott, and holding her own party to account.
An explosion of spicy creators means that clubs across the land now have their own highly unofficial x-rated ambassadors. But do they bear any responsibility for the backlash that follows?
On Tuesday, we spoke to students in New York about why they’re demonstrating. Hours later, officers in riot gear arrested dozens of protesters.
Kratom was legalised in Thailand in 2021, and the TikToker Tom Birchy is selling "potions" containing the drug. But is it dangerous?
Owning the “right” thing has always mattered. Now, the status jacket has become so desirable that it is being stolen, quite literally, off people’s backs.
When Windrush brought Black immigrants to the UK in the 1950s, they came with the promise of a better life. Now, that generation's grandchildren want to leave the country in search of the very same thing.
