Britain

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Culture

The British intimacy of ‘the afters’

Not Going Home — In 1998, photographer Mischa Haller travelled to nightclubs just as their doors were shutting and dancers streamed out onto the streets, capturing the country’s partying youth in the early morning haze.

Written by: Ella Glossop

Photography

On the Road with the Free Photographic Omnibus around 1970s Britain

Photographer Daniel Meadows took off around the UK in an old bus to capture a unique portrait of a changing nation.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Activism

British Muslims are being demonised for voting

As Muslims exercise their democratic rights alongside millions of other Brits, the rise in Islamophobia has reached an intolerable cacophany writes Dr Shabna Begum.

Written by: Shabna Begum

Photography

Chronicling radical shifts across the UK in the 70s & 80s

A new exhibitions brings together the work of photographers who documented the deep unrest of these pivotal decades.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Culture

Chaos and community in British photography since the ‘60s

Facing Britain — An ongoing exhibition brings together the work of leading postwar British documentary photographers, capturing both the political struggles and everyday life.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Activism

UK unemployment is falling, but poverty isn’t

The insecure economy — Amid the rising cost of living, the government is hiding behind falling unemployment figures while workers in almost every industry continue to suffer, writes Ella Glover.

Written by: Ella Glover

Activism

The messy history of the nurses’ strikes in 1988

‘We let rip’ — As nursing unions gear up to protest the government’s three per cent pandemic pay rise, people who attended the UK’s first-ever national nurses’ strike reflect on its legacy.

Written by: Moya Crockett

Culture

Photos capturing the fraught nature of English identity

England Your England — A new exhibition wrestles with complex questions around what it means to be English at a time of strife and political upheaval.

Written by: Zoe Whitfield

Activism

Young UK Muslims on growing up in the shadow of 9/11

20 years on — To mark the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Gen Z Muslims reflect on how the tragedy spurred on Islamophobia in Britain, and the impact it’s had on their lives.

Written by: Mishti Ali

Culture

Jamie Hawkesworth’s tender portrait of Britain

The British Isles — Over the span of 13 years, the Suffolk-born photographer travelled up and down the country to create a poignant series of images of a modern, multicultural United Kingdom.

Written by: Huck

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