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Culture

New York Fashion Week’s true soul lives in the streets

The people’s runway — For a week, the city floods with celebrities, influencers and glitzy afterparties, but year-round real self-expression takes place everywhere. Tom ‘TBow’ Bowden took his camera to NYC’s biggest catwalk.

Written by: Isaac Muk

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© Luke Dyson
Activism

Together for Palestine was a celebration of solidarity, art and life

Unity and protest — Part gig, gallery, stage show, poetry reading and demonstration, Together for Palestine felt like a unique beacon of hope and solidarity, even if the bigger picture remains horrific.

Written by: Isaac Muk

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Sport

Eric Cantona calls for boycott of Israeli football at Together for Palestine

More than sport — The legendary striker took to the stage at Brian Eno’s benefit concert at Wembley, which raised around £1.5 million for Palestinian charities working on the ground in Gaza.

Written by: Isaac Muk

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© Cathy Campbell
Culture

Classic ’80s NYC hip-hop film Wild Style is being remastered

Bronx breaks — Created by Charlie Ahearn, the part-documentary, part-fiction movie captured the genre’s early style and music, as well as its intertwined relationship with breakdance and graffiti culture.

Written by: Isaac Muk

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© Merlin Daleman
Culture

Merlin Daleman’s stark portrait of time-trapped Britain

Mutiny — Created in the wake of the Brexit referendum, the photographer’s debut book is a years-long photographic survey of economic inequality, and of towns and cities left behind as London continues to develop.

Written by: Isaac Muk

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Activism

New Banksy mural appears to reference Palestine Action arrests

Queen’s Building — It depicts a judge attacking a protestor with a hammer, and has been unveiled at London’s Royal Courts of Justice.

Written by: Isaac Muk

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Culture

Heartwarming, harmonious portraits of Istanbul’s street cats

City Cats of Istanbul — Türkiye’s largest metropolis has a symbiotic relationship between humans and felines that dates back millennia. Marcel Heijnen’s new book explores the interaction between space, society and strays.

Written by: Isaac Muk

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Music

Inside Japan’s ’90s gabber and hardcore underground

Manga Corps — A new book published by Italian hardcore artist Gabber Eleganza archives ephemera and flyers from the early days of gabber and hardcore from Tokyo and Osaka, which has gone on to have an outsized influence on popular music today.

Written by: Isaac Muk

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Culture

Aram Sabbah: “The whole world is hypocritical”

To a Land Unknown — One of Palestine’s first ever, and most prominent skaters has made his acting debut, playing a refugee in Athens in Mahdi Fleifel’s new feature film. We caught up with him in our culture newsletter to hear about it.

Written by: Isaac Muk

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Portrait of Ed Templeton by Deanna Templeton | Toy Machine skate deck photo by Don Luong
Sport

Ed Templeton’s new Toy Machine skate deck sets KKK on fire

Burning racism — It comes via his long running skate company and features a cartoon graphic of a klansman alight on a cross, as well as a broken swastika.

Written by: Isaac Muk

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