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What Netflix did next: meta rom-coms & Jack Black :(
Are you still watching? — Writer Megan Nolan bravely ventures into the latest Netflix Original releases, in an attempt to figure out if anything is worth our time anymore. This week, it’s the actually quite good Polka King, and cliched rom-com Isn’t It Romantic?
Written by: Megan Nolan
The return of Royal Trux, music’s most destructive duo
Back for more — Jennifer Herrema and Neil Hagerty are back with their 11th studio album, arriving nearly two decades after their relationship imploded in spectacular fashion. Naturally, things are as messy as ever.
Written by: Adam White
Port Talbot: the industrial town with an uncertain future
Made of steel — Like countless towns across the UK, there are fears regarding what comes next for Port Talbot. In a new project, photographers Alecio Ferrari and Alex Fleming capture the town and its people.
Written by: Niall Flynn
Why you need 35,000 followers to see this artist’s show
On my level — Wizard Skull’s latest New York exhibition has divided audiences – is it a clever commentary on exclusivity and social media culture, or a provocative waste of time?
Written by: Jonathan Turton
Capturing hip hop’s biggest stars, before they were famous
From the source — Nigerian-American photographer Chi Modu took intimate portraits of rappers – including Nas, Method Man, and 2Pac – on the brink of success.
Written by: Jesse Bernard
Buying new is not sustainable, no matter how you sew it
A deep dive into fast fashion — The fashion world may be promoting a new, more ‘sustainable’ kind of consumerism – but no matter what they try and sell us, buying new will never lead to real change.
Written by: Kat George
How Jamaican women are reclaiming the waves
Surf’s up — In Eight Mile Bull Bay, a small fishing community just outside of Kingston, a collective of young women are taking to the waves – creating a DIY community for themselves in the process.
Written by: Huck
A sold-out city? The fight to save Dublin’s nightlife
Take back the night — In the past year alone, 79 hotels were given the go-ahead for construction or large-scale refurbishment in Dublin – often at the expense of cultural spaces. As the threat of full-scale ‘hotelisation’ looms, we speak to the people fighting back.
Written by: Colin Gannon
The wonderfully weird world of Shintaro Kago, manga outsider
In living colour — Shintaro Kago is a grandmaster of the grotesque: conjuring psychedelic illustrations that inspire as much awe as discomfort. As his cult following grows, he’s on a mission to keep surprising.
Written by: Thisanka Siripala
Ghost in the machine: inside the internet’s paranormal history
Face The Strange — Haunted websites, digital myths and abandoned online spaces: writer Biju Belinky shines a light into the internet’s creepiest corners.
Written by: Biju Belinky
