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Drone strikes and a handful of refugees: the UK’s Syria policy is shameful

Deus Ex Machina — When David Cameron announced yesterday a successful drone strike on a British-born target in Syria, was he cynically playing to both the hawks and the doves while conceding little in the way of true humanitarian responsibility?

  • Opinion
  • Michael Fordham

Shark attacks Mick Fanning during a surf comp. But do we have ourselves to blame?

Beware of sharksploitation — Champion surfer Mick Fanning was lucky to escape with his life after a shark attacked him in the finals of the J-Bay Open this weekend. But with shark attacks on the rise globally do we need to accept some responsibility?

  • Surf
  • Michael Fordham

Huck’s intergalactic sounds playlist

Space jams — As Nasa’s New Horizons probe beams back images from its Pluto flyby, we dig out the artists cruising the outer reaches of the sonic universe - featuring Gil Scott-Heron, Sun Ra and more.

  • Music
  • Michael Fordham

Behind the scenes on Surfer Magazine’s ‘Big Issue’

Words, waves and works of art — Surfer Magazine's Art Director James Newitt on their fantastic new Geoff McFetridge illustrated cover and if surf magazines still shape the culture.

  • Surf
  • Michael Fordham

Why should you care about Brian Wilson?

Cheese or American fine art? — As Love and Mercy, Bill Pohlad’s aurally refreshing Brian Wilson biopic hits the screens, we look at the Californian composer and his family band’s legacy.

  • Music
  • Michael Fordham

Things Fall Apart: Reflections 20 years after the Srebrenica massacre

The ghosts of genocide — Between 11-12 July 1995, more than 8,000 Bosniaks - mainly men and boys - were killed in the town of Srebrenica during the Bosnian War. Twenty years on, what can Europe learn from the continent’s worst act of genocide since the Holocaust? Michael Fordham, who worked as an aid volunteer and reported from the Balkans during the ‘90s, looks back on a recent history that we must never forget.

  • Opinion
  • Michael Fordham

A journey through London's old rave spots

New book: Uncommon London — With his new book Uncommon London, editor Michael Fordham, explores the cultural history of the city's storied streets. In this extract he revisits the locations of underground raves in the '90s.

  • Music
  • Michael Fordham

Surf films that inspire generations to imagine different worlds

Spirit of Akasha tours US cinemas — Alby Falzon's '70s masterpiece Morning of the Earth created soul surfing's foundation myth. Andrew Kidman's latest updates the aesthetic.

  • Surf
  • Michael Fordham

The bike racing knees-up for have-a-go-zeroes

Dirt Quake USA — Welcome to a world where anyone brave — or foolish — enough can race any motorcycle on an internationally-renowned dirt track.

  • Bike
  • Michael Fordham

Don't Call it Hipster: a new wave of surf movies redefine the visual language

New moves, new aesthetics — There's a cut'n'paste cacophony from Newport Beach to Noosa.

  • Culture
  • Michael Fordham

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