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A street hustler’s journey to world-renowned tattoo artist

Physical graffiti — As OBE1, Josh Peacock tagged the streets of Cambridge and dealt weed on the side. Then heroin and homelessness upended his life. But through the healing power of tattoos, he has reinvented himself as a different kind of artist.

  • Culture
  • Cyrus Shahrad

On the road with the Merry Pranksters' strange acid trip

Keep on keepin’ kool — The psychedelic '60s were ignited by Ken Kesey, a gang of misfits and a bus-load of drugs... but the experiment is far from dead.

  • Culture
  • Cyrus Shahrad

London's young Muslim rappers know the power of verse

Holy lyrics — Across Britain, a new generation of outspoken young rappers are interweaving Islam and hip hop to create a lyrical tapestry that’s all their own.

  • Reportage
  • Cyrus Shahrad

The man who eats roadkill

Waste not, want not — Arthur Boyt likes to forage for his food, shunning the supermarket shelf for what lies beside the road. Could his unusual lust for roadkill be a lesson in subsistence?

  • Reportage
  • Cyrus Shahrad

The Twin Peaks Playlist

Damn Fine Sounds — Cyrus Shahrad compiles the definitive Twin Peaks playlist.

  • Culture
  • Cyrus Shahrad

Can the Twin Peaks fire be rekindled?

Thoughts and fears from a die-hard fan — Cyrus Shahrad wonders if Twin Peaks can be convincingly recreated 25 years after the red curtain came down.

  • Culture
  • Cyrus Shahrad

Spencer Murphy

Sony World Photography Award Winner 2014 — From award-winning portraits to post-apocalyptic worlds, Spencer Murphy's ability to dance with light often borders on ethereal. But as lifelong friend Cyrus Shahrad explains, there's meaning in the mist.

  • Photography
  • Cyrus Shahrad

Female Bodybuilders

Macho, Sexy Girl — Society has long told us what real women should look like, and female bodybuilders break every rule. But this gender-bashing sport could be under threat, as competitors face a new pressure to ‘bring sexy back.’ Will the patriarchy ever stop telling these chicks to do it for the lads? Maybe. Maybe not.

  • Reportage
  • Cyrus Shahrad

Jim Rippey

Heavens Above — Remember Jim Rippey? The pioneering pro whose daredevil antics and silky smooth style pushed nineties snowboarding onto a progressive plateau? Well, he’s still around. Only now he answers to a higher force.

  • Snow
  • Cyrus Shahrad

Bangladesh Surf

Breaking Bangla — Off the coastline of the world’s longest sandy beach, a break, some boards and a few pioneers are transporting the wave-riding reveries of Hawaiian Kings to the jungle-lined shores of Bangladesh.

  • Surf
  • Cyrus Shahrad

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