London

Never mind it being a quiet one this season: Martine Rose, Ahluwalia and Robyn Lynch still flew the flag for Great British fashion.

Panting, throbbing and a little humid, the designer’s SS23 collection shrinks proportions and winks to the sexual fantasies of London’s queer culture.

Hackney’s wackiest community shopping destination is a Santa’s grotto of cult memorabilia and homemade weirdness. Jack Mitchell and Roydon Misseldine stock everything from Baby-Gs and troll dolls to DIY zines and fantastic fashion, only available IRL.

Ickbait: Loving London’s new train service? Harrison Brocklehurst is getting off at the next stop.

Following the viral release of their debut single Cardboard Box, and with a brand-new EP up their sleeve, Jorja Douglas, Renée Downer and Stella Quaresma are ready to pick up the baton of R&B supremacy.

UK cities are changing and social housing is disappearing from their skylines in the name of regeneration. Author Nabil Al-Kinani has published a radical manual for estates to buy their blocks and preserve the ends.