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Meet the London charity using art and music to tackle youth violence

Art Against Knives — For 15 years, the group has been inspiring Barnet’s young people through creativity and possibility. Following their recent win at the Youth Music Awards, we caught up with Katy Dawe and Rickardo Stewart to hear about their story.

  • Activism
  • Isaac Muk
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New billboard featuring Freddie Mercury celebrates migrant influence in the UK

Thank God for Immigrants — Created by art and activism crew Everyone Hates Elon, it’s displayed in Liverpool, where Queen first played together as a band.

  • Activism
  • Isaac Muk
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Resilience and resistance during The Thatcher Years

The iron reign — Photojournalist Paul Pickard’s new book revisits English Midlands life during ’80s, when he was on the frontlines recording news and key events, as tensions between people and authority came to a head.

  • Activism
  • Miss Rosen
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A Manchester laser studio is removing Harry Potter tattoos for half-price

Deletrius — They claimed that the franchise had “lost its magic” following author JK Rowling’s recent statements on trans rights.

  • Activism
  • Ella Glossop
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Surviving one of the world’s deadliest wildfires, in photos

The Fumes of Mars — Katerina Angelopoulou was visiting friends when the tragic 2018 Attica inferno broke out. Her new book tells a collective story, as she and thousands of others have tried to make sense of it since.

  • Activism
  • Miss Rosen
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Malaysia’s oldest drag club is an oasis for its queer community. Can it survive?

Blue Boy Club — Having been open since the ’80s, the Kuala Lumpur institution has provided a space for the city’s LGBTQ+ folk to express themselves and connect. But faced with ramping conservatism and police raids, its outlook appears increasingly murky.

  • Activism
  • Gordon Cole-Schmidt
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Remembering Fietas, Johannesburg’s vibrant neighbourhood ripped by Apartheid

Fragments of Fietas — In the ’70s, South African authorities forcibly removed non-white people from the western suburb, now known as Pageview. Enraged, photographer David Goldblatt documented its erasure.

  • Activism
  • Miss Rosen
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JA Mortram’s harsh, bleak portrait of life on the UK’s fringes

Small Town Inertia 2 — Almost two decades since he first began documenting marginalised people in his local town of Dereham in Norfolk, the photographer is set to return with an expansive, personal second volume of his life-long project.

  • Activism
  • Isaac Muk
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Together for Palestine was a celebration of solidarity, art and life

Unity and protest — Part gig, gallery, stage show, poetry reading and demonstration, Together for Palestine felt like a unique beacon of hope and solidarity, even if the bigger picture remains horrific.

  • Activism
  • Isaac Muk
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Eric Cantona calls for boycott of Israeli football at Together for Palestine

More than sport — The legendary striker took to the stage at Brian Eno’s benefit concert at Wembley, which raised around £1.5 million for Palestinian charities working on the ground in Gaza.

  • Sport
  • Isaac Muk

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