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Inside the obscured, closeted habitats of Britain’s exotic pets

“I have a few animals...” — For his new series, photographer Jonty Clark went behind closed doors to meet rare animal owners, finding ethical grey areas and close bonds.

  • Culture
  • Hannah Bentley
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© Alex Brown / Surfers Against Sewage

The rebellious roots of Cornwall’s surfing scene

100 years of waveriding — Despite past attempts to ban the sport from beaches, surfers have remained as integral, conservationist presences in England’s southwestern tip. A new exhibition in Falmouth traces its long history in the area.

  • Sport
  • Ella Glossop
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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.

  • Culture
  • Ella Glossop

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.

  • Photography
  • Miss Rosen

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.

  • Activism
  • Shabna Begum

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.

  • Photography
  • Miss Rosen

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.

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen

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.

  • Activism
  • Ella Glover

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.

  • Activism
  • Moya Crockett

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.

  • Culture
  • Zoe Whitfield

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