Category: Lifestyle & Culture

It’s official: summer in the UK is drawing to a close. Already, there are hints of an autumnal breeze in the air, and crunchy leaves underfoot. On the plus side, at least we won’t have to wonder about the ethical implications of basking in the sun amid a climate crisis for too much longer… Of…

Frank Ocean – summer 20197 Images It has been nine years since Frank Ocean released Blonde, a haunting, flawless masterpiece and undoubtedly one of the best records of the 21st century. The sense of loss and longing it conveys is mirrored in our own experience of waiting for its follow-up, like a sailor’s wife staring…

The verdict on whether Kneecap rapper Mo Chara (real name Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh) committed terrorism offences by allegedly supporting Hezbollah, a proscribed organisation, at a Kentish Town performance last year will finally be delivered on September 26. While Judge Paul Goldspring announced that he was “conscious and anxious” that many were anticipating a “speedy…

In life, a lot of films will float through you. But there are a select few films that stick, wrapping their cinematic tendrils around your heart and lodging themselves in the folds of your memory. Sorry, Baby is one of these films: heartwarming and heartbreaking, this impressive directorial debut from writer, director and star Eva…

How many DJs are as at home in an art gallery as in a nightclub? This dichotomy is central to London-based DJ, producer, composer and vocalist FAUZIA’s identity, who oscillates between immersive instrumental live performances and high-energy DJ sets drawing on jungle and footwork. At the core of both, however, is an undeniable mysticism.  FAUZIA’s…

Apah Benson was first drawn to photography in late 2018, right after graduating university, a transitional period where he found himself living inside “multiple realities”. Already a choreographer, actor, and poet, he says: “I felt a burning need to capture life compositionally and aesthetically, beyond just text… Photography naturally followed, offering a way to transform…

Kairo Keyz has taken the long way around. The Croydon rapper has been renowned in UK rap circles for years, and has already seen tracks like “Gang”, “Went Up” and “Shen Yeng” blow up online and garner huge streaming figures. But due to his low profile and determination to craft a fresh, unique sound that’s…

Derek Ridgers Ku Club Book26 Images If you’ve ever walked down the San Antonio strip, it’s hard to believe that Ibiza was once an if-you-know-you-know hippy utopia. Every year, upwards of three million tourists – close to a third of them British – land on the White Isle in search of the wild hedonism it’s…

We’ve seen Alex Consani as an office siren for Aritzia. We’ve seen her as a blonde bombshell for Duran Lantink. And now, we’re getting Consani as we’ve never seen her before: a Victorian goth, courtesy of McQueen.  The brand just became the latest fashion house to unveil its AW25 campaign, this one photographed and directed…

Rejection has always been one of the tougher inevitabilities of the human experience. But today, the modern world beats our egos black and blue: there are fewer graduate jobs to go round, meaning competition for good roles is stiffer; apps like Tinder and Hinge have expanded our dating pools and simultaneously opened us up to…