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Inside Lagos’s underground queer clubbing scene
It’s been six years since homosexuality was effectively criminalised in Nigeria. Despite this, LGBTQ people in the country are still finding ways to meet, hook up and have fun.
Written by: Vincent Desmond
Creative resilience in the age of uncertainty
Tales of resolve — In a brand new series, produced in partnership with Squarespace, Huck and Little White Lies spotlight artists and makers as they adapt to life under lockdown and an uncertain future.
Written by: Huck
The comic artist using isolation as inspiration
In partnership with Squarespace — Surviving the perils of being a freelancer is tough – now more than ever. In partnership with Squarespace, we're supporting independent artists to create original work that responds to these testing times. Here, Miranda Smart shares how she’s overcome the trials of lockdown to evoke the world outside her window.
Written by: Michael Fordham
As the world locks down, who will protect refugees?
Where we shelter — Photographer Giles Duley examines the impact COVID-19 will have on refugee camps, where conditions are already barely livable.
Written by: Giles Duley
The queer modernists who radicalised New York art
The young and the evil — In the early 20th century, LGBT artists would defy the law by secretly sharing their work with friends and family members.
Written by: Miss Rosen
‘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.
Written by: Niall Flynn
Carmen Maria Machado on lockdown, utopias and writing
‘Survival is its own art form’ — The US author reflects on the success of her genre-bending queer gothic memoir, In The Dreamhouse.
Written by: Kate Wyver
Unlocking the killer myths behind our fear of sharks
The Lockdown Longread — The cultural demonisation of the shark may be rooted in centuries of lore and irrational fear, but the threat it poses to the species is very real indeed.
Written by: Miles Masterson
The Cockettes: San Fran’s legendary sex anarchists
Acid drag revolution — From 1969 to 1972, the acid-fueled performance troupe – which included underground icons like Divine and Sylvester – took radical gender politics to a wider audience.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Meet the indie farmer shaking up California’s food scene
Scott Chang-Fleeman — In a profile taken from ‘Sandwich Magazine Issue 2: The Banh Mi’, the 25-year-old talks history, heritage and why he wants to help build a new movement of independent Asian American farmers.
Written by: Anna Sulan Masing
