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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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Jim Ottewill

Growing up behind the counter of a Chinese takeaway in Wales

Angela Hui discusses her new memoir, which offers a sobering reflection on the racism and otherness she’s experienced along with a joyful celebration of her culinary heritage.

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  • Ian Wang

Reclaiming the anti-racist movement from capitalism

Authors Azfar Shafi and Ilyas Nagdee discuss their new book which calls for the recovering of radical histories of anti-racist struggle.

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  • Adele Walton

‘I’m kind of craving for someone to break my heart’

To mark the release of her new book, Annie Lord discusses the all-consuming nature of heartbreak, and turning the experience into an incisive exploration of love and loss.

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  • Patrick Sproull

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