Books
Can South African music sustain its influence on the global stage?
As amapiano continues to soundtrack summers around the world, a new book by Lior Phillips provides some much needed context for South Africa’s rich musical legacy.
Written by: Michelle Kambasha
How Trump used organised misogyny to end the right to safe, legal abortion in the US
In this extract from Bodies under Siege, author Siân Norris explores how online communities were weaponised to end the constitutional right to abortion, one year on from the overturning of Roe v Wade
Written by: Siân Norris
How Britain became one of the world's biggest distributors of illegal porn
A new book by Dr. Oliver Carter digs into London's horny history, involving police corruption, dodgy BBC funding and a brutal gangland murder.
Written by: Jak Hutchcraft
A revolutionary history of the women written out of punk
Jen B. Larson's 'Hit Girls: Women of Punk in the USA' is a captivating compendium of nearly 100 all-female or female-fronted bands from 1975–1983, immortalising the lives and legacies of those often written out of history.
Written by: Miss Rosen
The birth and repression of radical music in the 1960s
Aaron J. Leonard discusses his new book 'Whole World in an Uproar' – a critical history of countercultural artists like Bob Dylan, Nina Simone and Jim Morrison in the context of anti-war action, Black liberation movements and widespread FBI surveillance.
Written by: Jeremy Allen
Men go through heartbreak too
Read an exclusive extract from Iggy London's 'MANDEM', an electric new anthology on Black masculinity that digs into everything from role models to the mother-son relationship to handling a broken heart.
Written by: Emma Garland
A head-first dive into Africa’s heavy metal scene
Author Edward Banches discusses his new book, which examines the hard rock and metal scenes in five African countries: Botswana, Togo, South Africa, Kenya and Ghana.
Written by: Ali Shutler
It’s time to abolish the family
Sophie Lewis discusses her new book which critiques the nuclear family as a capitalist construct, and asks us to imagine a new world beyond it.
Written by: Brit Dawson
The answer to today’s crises lies in ownership
Adrienne Buller and Mathew Lawrence discuss their new book, which offers a road map to transforming the landscape of property, politics and power today.
Written by: Amelia Horgan
How Sheffield became a centre for UK rave culture
Steel City is often overlooked when it comes to the country's cultural radar despite its role in shaping electronic music.
Written by: Jim Ottewill
