Politics

No plant species defines the visual identity of Los Angeles quite like the palm tree. But after the January wildfires, and as the city faced a wave of ICE raids this summer, their façade of sanctuary and escapism went up in flames – potentially forever.

For a while, the fastest route to popularity on the political right was to decry the lack of free speech in Britain. Now, the effort has shifted to criminalising pro-Palestine protests.

Instead of persecuting those who draw attention to the atrocities in Gaza, we must unite and support them, the author argues in an exclusive feature for THE FACE.

As he launches his new A24-produced BBC series, Shifty, the cult documentary maker speaks to THE FACE about ketamine, Keir Starmer, Ethel Cain and all the strange shifts in his own filmmaking.

Two months ago, the Supreme Court ruled that the legal definition of womanhood was biological sex rather than gender identity. In light of increasingly reactionary rhetoric in the UK, THE FACE spoke to trans women from around the country about what life looks like in 2025.

In his new book, Deep House, Jeremy Atherton Lin chronicles the beauty and difficulty of his own long-term relationship against a backdrop of extensive, profound research about the gay men who came before them.