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Climber Kathy Karlo is on an all-conquering journey

The Outsiders Project — In this series, we crash someone’s personal space in a bid to find out why it means so much to them. Here, we catch up with the climber and podcast host at The Red, Kentucky – the latest stop on her perpetual American road trip.

  • Outsiders Project
  • Niall Flynn

Shame have been coming down and growing up

Drunk tank tales — After an extensive period on the road, the band returned to their native London restless and jumpy. The music that followed is their best yet.

  • London
  • Niall Flynn

How Thundercat closed his longest chapter

Riding out the storm — The LA Virtuoso concluded a difficult period with the release of his best work so far. If there’s one thing the past few years have taught him, it’s that life is as fleeting as it is precious – so he plans to continue living it to the fullest.

  • Magazine
  • Niall Flynn

‘You’re either for helping others, or you’re not’

Loyle Carner in conversation — The London artist recently helped ‘re-green’ an area in his native south London. To mark the opening of the new space, he talks horticulture, helping out and why Boris Johnson should be particularly wary of an impending apocalypse.

  • Music
  • Niall Flynn

‘As a Black, gay person, I am constantly grieving’

Talking to Serpentwithfeet — Josiah wise constructed his latest EP around one simple question: ‘What ghosts am I welcoming into my house?’ But for the Baltimore-born, LA-based artist, the supernatural doesn’t always have to be haunting.

  • Music
  • Niall Flynn

Step inside the wild world of competitive Pâté en Croûte

Bon appétit — In a pre-lockdown assignment for Sandwich magazine, photographer Charlie Kwai ventured to the Pâté en Croûte world championships – a larger-than-life culinary event where tradition and innovation mingle freely.

  • Photography
  • Niall Flynn

Rutger Bregman on protest, privilege + defunding the police

New possibilities — The Dutch historian has battled in favour of universal basic income and skewered tax-dodging billionaires at Davos. But his next project is his most ambitious yet: convincing the world that, deep-down, human beings are actually pretty decent.

  • Books
  • Niall Flynn

Hunting tornados in the American Midwest

Storm chasing, USA — In 2016, photographer Néha Hirve embarked on a white-knuckle journey through Tornado Alley, tracking the people that drive into super storms for fun.

  • Photography
  • Niall Flynn

‘If you’re totally stable, you’re probably not writing music’

Car Seat Headrest — With his new album, Will Toledo is embracing new sounds and donning a mask. To mark its release, he tells us why he’s tired of fighting his past self.

  • Music
  • Niall Flynn

Jeshi is UK rap’s new DIY hero

Dancing in the headlights — To mark the release of his new EP, the London artist tells Huck about his journey so far – from recording with a Nintendo Wii microphone as a kid, to touring with Slowthai last year.

  • Music
  • Niall Flynn

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