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Coming of age on the British coast

Sun, sex and scraps — During the summer of 1976, Iain McKell picked up the camera for the first time and began documenting his seaside hometown of Weymouth – from punch-ups in the mud, to drunken kisses on the dancefloor.

  • Photography
  • Jacob Charles Wilson

A photographic tribute to the British seaside

State of the nation — A new photography exhibition – featuring work from Martin Parr, Dafydd Jones and Grace Lau – examines UK beach culture from the 1850s to the 21st century.

  • Photography
  • Zoe Whitfield

Why scooterboys represent the best of British subculture

Homegrown heroes — Not everyone who rides a classic scooter is a Mod. Throughout the ’80s and ’90s, a far more frequent sight were Scooterboys and Scootergirls: a new breed of rider with a punk attitude and homegrown style.

  • Magazine
  • Mani

Inside the UK’s most radical indie publishers

Part Ten: Comma Press — Unapologetically political, Comma Press are in the vanguard of UK literary culture – publishing some of the most challenging short stories in the industry.

  • Books
  • Kit Caless

Beats and bills: how capitalism destroyed UK club culture

A love letter to ’90s rave — In the new film Beats, director Brian Welsh travels back to 1990s Aberdeen to tell the story of rave culture – why it mattered, and how it got torn apart.

  • Film
  • Colin Crummy

Adventures with the world’s oldest off-road cycling club

On yer bike — Formed in 1955, the Rough-Stuff Fellowship is a pioneering gang of adventurists who believe that you can go anywhere on two wheels. Over 60 years after it started, an archive of the club’s defining moments is finally coming to light.

  • Bike
  • Niall Flynn

There is no such thing as a ‘good landlord’

The system is broken — Our engorged property market – and the ensuing housing crisis – has become a cornerstone of the British economy. Those who actively profit from it shouldn’t be absolved.

  • Opinion
  • Tristan Cross

Anti-knife protestors block Westminster bridge

#OperationShutdown — Extinction Rebellion are dominating the headlines, but they’re not the only ones taking to London’s streets this week.

  • Activism
  • Huck

What happens after you get deported?

‘I thought I had rights’ — Earlier this year, a deportation flight carrying 29 people from the UK arrived in Jamaica, stirring concerns over the Home Office’s controversial tactics. But what happened after it landed?

  • Activism
  • Bethan Staton

The horse club offering a haven for young Londoners

Riding high — In one of the most disadvantaged inner-city neighbourhoods in the country, a community project is working to transform the lives of young people – using horses.

  • Reportage
  • Eva Clifford

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