Britain
Welcome to Theresa-land: Brexit Britain getting pissed on from a height
From Where I Stand — In her long-awaited Brexit speech, many hoped Theresa May would lay out a roadmap for Britain finding its new place in the world. But James Butler argues the only direction we're heading in is towards Theresa-land: a shit, sunless, drizzling Cayman Islands, with Piers Morgan on daytime TV.
Written by: James Butler
In conversation with the photographer who revealed Brexit Britain
A decade of discontent — Photographer CJ Clarke presents a decade of photography and a short film on Basildon, a microcosm of white working-class Britain, at Huck’s 71a Gallery.
Written by: Alex King
The photographer tracing the roots of Brexit Britain
Life on the margins — Over the course of a decade, CJ Clarke has been exploring what it means to be white, middle-class and English by documenting life in the remarkably unremarkable town of Basildon.
Written by: CJ Clarke
This is what 30 years of British counterculture looks like
Exist to Resist — Matthew Smith has spent three decades documenting street culture at its rawest, from rural raves to political protests, in the face of police pressure.
Written by: Khadija Ahmed
Forever Changes: Teenage life in Britain’s old mining towns
All Dressed Up — Photographer Karen Robinson spent over a year hanging out with the young women of East Durham, illuminating the hopes and dreams of people failed by society. What she captured were candid moments of humour, innocence and working-class resilience.
Written by: Cian Traynor
The hopes and fears of young British Muslims
Looking beyond the rhetoric — As Islamophobia continues to rise on both sides of the Atlantic, we spoke to five British Muslims about their thoughts, hopes and fears.
Written by: Michael Segalov
Syd Shelton's iconic images document Rock Against Racism from the inside
The '70s musical movement that changed Britain — For photographer Syd Shelton, it's not objectivity but getting to the heart of the story that matters - which he did as de facto photographer and key member of Rock Against Racism.
Written by: Sam Warner
What it's like to live on the fringes of British society
Small Town Intertia — J.A. Mortram’s longform documentary project, produced over eight years and still ongoing, captures the lives of Britain's marginalised people.
Written by: J.A. Mortram
