Meet your martian
Volume 4 Issue 001: NASA has plans to reach Mars by 2033. Eighteen-year-old Alyssa Carson has dedicated her young life to taking part in this monumental mission to the Red Planet.
Society
Touring in a climate emergency: do musicians need to cut down on gigs?
More and more artists are talking about climate change, but are they the right people to do so? Journalist and climate change expert Adam Corner tackles some tricky questions.
Vivienne Westwood on “rot dollar”
Five takeaways from the British designer and activist’s climate call to arms at London Design Festival.
How to build an Eco-Warrior
Greta Thunberg could only have come from Scandinavia. Here’s why.
The politics of climate change
Author and journalist Naomi Klein has become one of the world’s leading figures in the battle to avert climate disaster. Here she delves into the intersection of capitalism, climate and government policy.
An expression of disapproval
Photo of the day: Demonstrators turn their backs and boo during the Chinese national anthem at a World Cup qualifying match between Iran and Hong Kong on 10th September.
Ian Isiah, Yves Tumor and Working Women perform at The Face Apartment
Here’s all the juice from the opening night of The Face Apartment in New York.
Boris Johnson’s proroguing of Parliament: a cheat sheet
This week British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced plans to suspend – or ‘prorogue’ – parliament for a month.
A deep dive into “dark money”
An undercover report investigating the secret financial backers using their wealth to internationally diminish our equality and human rights.
The gamble with housing raffles
Can a new wave of housing lottery schemes make the fantasy of owning a home a reality?
The hottest Notting Hill Carnival on record
Photos of the day: a real scorcher! Seye Isikalu captures the energy bursting out of London’s Notting Hill Carnival in 33.2°C heat.
Why do people call the Amazon rainforest the “lungs of the earth”?
The devastating fires in the Amazon will have a knock-on effect for the rest of the world.
Marcus Knox-Hooke: the man blamed for the London riots
“Could the 2011 riots happen again? 100%.”
Instant noodles and cereal packets: prison food from the inside out
Lucy Vincent has spent the last three years campaigning for an improvement in prison food. Here she explains the impact better meals could have and shares the insight of three ex-offenders.
Faster, furious and more dangerous: how the gambling industry went hyperspeed
As modern gambling moves away from traditional bookies, towards online casinos, fantasy sports and even gaming, children as young as 11 are ending up in debt. Is it finally time for a crackdown?
The diary of a gambling addict
Crippling debt and constant hounding from loan sharks led to this former gambling addict living a double life.
Brutal Assault’s heavy metal lovers
Love is in the air! The Czech Republic’s annual heavy metal festival featured mosh pits, walls of death and plenty of... snogs.
How we came close to housing utopia
As we celebrate the centenary of social housing, rights campaigner Vicky Spratt takes an investigative look at the UK's relentless housing crisis.
The Big Mood: it’s a hog’s life
One week, one mood: Moya Lothian-Mclean’s deep-dive into the feel of the week.
“I grew up around Muslim girlfriends that were like sisters”
London-based photography collective and zine Muslim Sisterhood spotlight five female and non-binary Muslims from their community.
Silence is violence
Photo of the day: People take part in a rally against hate on 4th August, a day after a mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, that left 20 people dead and 26 wounded.
The pink seesaw at the US-Mexico border was 10-years in the making
In 30 minutes it was installed, used by children on either side of the border, made headline news around the world and then dismantled.
Inside Advocacy Academy: the radical programme turning angry young people into activists
“I have really high hopes. We are always taught to aim high, so fuck it I’m aiming high. I want to be president of Interpol or the UN. Just fuck it.”
Would you go on ‘Love Island’?
In the run up to the Love Island final The Face took to the streets of Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds and Manchester to ask the burning question (and a couple more).
