Culture
The queer Russian couples refusing to apologise for their love
We are together — Photographer Anna Milokumova meets queer couples in Russia who exist and resist in a political landscape keen to see them fail.
Written by: Biju Belinky
Why nothing is off-limits for Britain’s most confrontational pranksters
A revolting pair — From standup to satire, jokes can be a saviour. But in the right hands, they can also trigger change. To help resist – with humour – we’re celebrating radical voices that rise above the rest. In this instalment, we learn why the in-your-face comedy of Heydon Prowse and Jolyon Rubinstein spares no one – fearlessly satirising issues across the dial.
Written by: Michael Segalov
A photographer's epic quest through the former USSR
Couchsurfing along the fringe — Nomadic photographer Gianluca Pardelli hitched his way around the former Soviet Union, searching for identity in a cultural vacuum.
Written by: Cian Traynor
The gender-fluid model queering the academic world
From Cambridge to the catwalk... — As a '21st century polymath', Jacob Mallinson Bird is using queer agency to disrupt the heteronormative – opening minds in unexpected places.
Written by: Michael Segalov
Photographing UK punks before the movement took over
The Spirit of 76 — Music journalist John Ingham photographed and interviewed the original punks, before the movement hit the tabloids. In his book, The Spirit of 76, we see the year that changed UK music forever through the eyes of an insider.
Written by: Biju Belinky
Life inside the torture clinics that 'cure' homosexuality
Until You Change — Photographer Paola Paredes went undercover to document an alarming trend: the Ecuadorian rehab facilities that 'treat' gay people by brutal force. Drawing from the accounts of former patients, she pieced together why some never make it back.
Written by: Cian Traynor
The Travel Diary: Uncertain futures along Europe's last undammed river
What you see along the way — There's a tranquil beauty that flows down Albania's Vjosa river, but now the traditional livelihoods of those who live upon it are under threat.
Written by: Nick St.Oegger
Labour just promised to scrap tuition fees
Register to vote, now! — Labour have just pledged to scrap all tuition fees from 2018, even if you're starting university this September or you're already studying for a degree.
Written by: Michael Segalov
A photographer faces up to the past that shaped her
Haunted by home — Ying Ang grew up on Australia's Gold Coast, where a dark underworld formed part of everyday life. But finally going back home, at the age of 30, illuminated what drives her.
Written by: Ying Ang
At home with legendary art misfit Thomas Campbell
Um... Duh... Yeah — T.moeski doesn’t like to talk... which is odd, considering he's a master in the world of his own language. As a filmmaker, photographer, surfer and artist, his handmade aesthetic defines everything he does. But beyond the sketches, stitches and stills, what’s is he really trying to say? Huck heads to California to find out.
Written by: Chloe Roth
