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Is there room for old boys like Allardyce in today's beautiful game?

Big Sam’s Bollock-Drop — There's no doubt that Sam Allardyce's apparently dodgy dealings were a fuck up, but the Telegraph's sting is reminiscent of a game that has always been populated by duckers and divers. Is there space for these old boys in today's game?

Written by: Michael Fordham

Culture

Why the brutalist architecture of Britain's housing estates matters in 2016

They never were failed utopias — The debate around social housing and the Brutalist architecture that embodies it has been raging for half a century. In London, 2016, it feels like the war being waged against council estates is being won, even though social need is as great as ever before.

Written by: Marianna Manson

Culture

Twenty-one non-white writers on life in Britain today

The Good Immigrant — What is it really like to be a person of colour living in modern Britain? Twenty-one writers discuss this reality, and share what it means to them in a new crowdfunded anthology fittingly titled The Good Immigrant.

Written by: Tenelle Ottley-Matthew

Surf

The American surfer who helped kickstart a UK cold water surf revolution

Lessons from a legend — Finisterre co-founder Ernest Capbert shares what he learned from a decade at the pioneering surf brand and why surfers make great entrepreneurs.

Written by: Alex King

Huck Docs

Could this solve Montauk's water crisis?

Into The Sea — Montauk surfers filmmaker Mikey DeTemple and Mad Men's John Slattery have teamed up with the Surfrider Foundation to explore local solutions to a pressing global issue: Water pollution.

Written by: Shelley Jones

Activism

Should the media pay activists to talk?

From Where I Stand — It's an all too common occurrence for activists and campaigners, that phone call or email from a journalist asking you help them with a story, provide expertise and support. Just because activists do what they do for their cause, but sex worker rights activist Aisling Gallagher argues the media should pay for their time and experience.

Written by: Aisling Gallagher

Music

DAMEHT: The punks keeping NYC’s rebellious spirit alive

Resurrecting an ‘80s counterculture icon — DAMEHT team up with artist, photographer and Lower East Side legend Clayton Patterson to release a limited edition version of the iconic Clayton Cap.

Written by: Alex King

Music

The beautiful faces of Afropunk London

A celebration of diversity — Brooklyn based Afropunk festival –  a much needed celebration of black culture in the city and beyond – hits London for the first time. We sent photographer Jordan Stephens to Alexandra Palace to capture the festival's inauguration in the city.

Written by: Michael Segalov

Culture

Forever Changes: Teenage life in Britain’s old mining towns

All Dressed Up — Photographer Karen Robinson spent over a year hanging out with the young women of East Durham, illuminating the hopes and dreams of people failed by society. What she captured were candid moments of humour, innocence and working-class resilience.

Written by: Cian Traynor

Activism

We watched homeless squatters take an old seaside nightclub

Acting on homelessness — Darren Davies' high-profile occupations of derelict buildings in Southend are forcing a debate around the lack of housing and support for homeless people in the area.

Written by: Alex King

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