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The queer Russian couples refusing to apologise for their love

We are together — Photographer Anna Milokumova meets queer couples in Russia who exist and resist in a political landscape keen to see them fail.

  • Photography
  • Biju Belinky

Punk band LIFE still believe in the radical power of youth

So should you... — Trump, Brexit, austerity – these are all subjects the Hull punks behind LIFE are tackling on their debut album, reminding us of the power of anger and hope.

  • Music
  • Biju Belinky

Photographing UK punks before the movement took over

The Spirit of 76 — Music journalist John Ingham photographed and interviewed the original punks, before the movement hit the tabloids. In his book, The Spirit of 76, we see the year that changed UK music forever through the eyes of an insider.

  • Photography
  • Biju Belinky

Mental health practitioners keep mislabelling my mind

Misdiagnosis and me — People are always telling us to speak up about our mental illnesses – so why are mental health professionals dishing out so many wrong diagnoses? Biju Belinky investigates.

  • Activism
  • Biju Belinky

The DIY Brussels skatepark creating a community against the odds

For skaters, by skaters — Looking to bring his community together and protect them from the cold, Youssef Abaoud and his friends hand built the Byrrrh – Brussel's first official DIY indoor skate park to open in over a decade.

  • Skate
  • Biju Belinky

The rough charm of life in L.A.'s gaps

Americana via Xerox — Matt Martin uses a photocopier to look beyond the people of the West Coast of the United States – exposing the gritty life that exists between the grand man-made structures and natural wonders of this diverse, quintessentially American landscape.

  • Photography
  • Biju Belinky

The eerie beauty of deserted fairgrounds

Wanna go to the seaside? — Rob Ball captures the decay and revitalisation of Dreamland and Coney Island, using traditional developing processes to intertwine past and future.

  • Photography
  • Biju Belinky

Soda_Jerk remix films of the past to re-invent the future

Moses + Elvis + Judy Garland? — This two-sister collective are sampling everything cinema, blending characters and narratives together to talk politics, death, and everything in between. Oh, and they don't give a shit about copyright law either.

  • Film
  • Biju Belinky

Understanding David Hoyle, Britain's finest avant-garde anti-drag queen

Parallel Universe — David Hoyle has spent his life fighting power through honesty and openness, not pointless kindness. Now he's set to be immortalised in print.

  • Print
  • Biju Belinky

The travel guide for undocumented immigrants trying to enter the USA

A different type of travel guide — Cuban photojournalist Lisette Poole spent 48 days documenting the journey of two Cuban women migrating to the United States. Now, Marta and Liset's story of resilience becomes an unlikely travel guide.

  • Photography
  • Biju Belinky

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