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Despite launching less than seven months ago, the secretive East London accessories label is making a stamp on the fashion industry, one plush bag and sandal at a time.

In the first of a week-long series, figures from music, art, food, sex work and education look back on a year that shook their fields. Here, Cafe East’s Mustafa Has reflects on Covid-19 a year on.

The RuPaul’s Drag Race UK finalist has won the hearts of a nation with their razor-sharp wit, rock-star charisma and an amicable approach to the competition. Here, they share their compelling story with THE FACE.

Dubheasa Lanipekun’s debut short – part of the BBC and Arts Council England’s New Creatives initiative – hymns the chaos of adolescence, Black schoolgirl sisterhood and her 15-year-old-self.

Fifty years of making pictures, upsetting the establishment and sticking two fingers at the easily offended is no easy feat.