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Hak Baker: “Being a lad is dreaming of a decent life”

Hard Feelings — The East London storyweaver joins our column on masculinity and fatherhood to chat about being raised by his mother, his family of friends, and the momentary bliss of the sesh.

  • Music
  • Robert Kazandjian

Julian Cashwan Pratt: “We fought security until the cops showed up”

Hard Feelings — The lead singer of Show Me the Body joins Rob Kazandjian’s column on fatherhood and masculinity to talk about mentors, scrapping Zionists at shows, and finally making his father proud.

  • Music
  • Robert Kazandjian

Joe James: “I will never be absent in my children’s lives because I know it doesn’t feel nice”

Hard Feelings — As the silky MC prepares to release his debut album ‘The Ends Never Ends’, he joins our column on fatherhood and masculinity to discuss leaving his childhood home at 16, the manosphere and his risk-embracing approach to life.

  • Music
  • Robert Kazandjian

Jodie Ounsley: “Sometimes your biggest strength is admitting when you’re struggling”

Hard Feelings — Fury from the latest generation of Gladiators joins our column on masculinity, speaking to Robert Kazandjian about her new book, her close relationship with her late father, and being a role model for both young boys and girls.

  • Sport
  • Robert Kazandjian
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Scorcher: “There was anger towards the establishment”

Hard Feelings — The grime originator joins our column on masculinity and fatherhood to catch up with his old school friend Rob Kazandjian. He talks about his relationship with his dad, raising his own children, and what he learnt from his time in prison.

  • Music
  • Robert Kazandjian
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Jake Hanrahan: “Boys can cry, but we don’t all fucking want to”

Hard Feelings — In the latest edition of our column on masculinity and fatherhood, Rob Kazandjian speaks to the conflict filmmaker-journalist and Popular Front founder about his childhood, the found family and community at his Muay Thai gym, and the “complete counterculture” of ‘no rules’ fighting.

  • Culture
  • Robert Kazandjian
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Frazer Clarke: “I had a hole in my leg, I’m very lucky to be alive”

Hard Feelings — For our interview column on masculinity and fatherhood, the Olympic boxing medallist speaks to Robert Kazandjian about hard graft, the fear and triumph of his first fight, and returning to the ring after being stabbed on a night out.

  • Sport
  • Robert Kazandjian
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Krept & Konan: “Being tough is indoctrinated into us”

Hard Feelings — In the latest from our interview column exploring fatherhood and masculinity, UK rap’s most successful double act reflect on loss, being vulnerable in their music, and how having a daughter has got Krept doing things he’d never have imagined.

  • Music
  • Robert Kazandjian

Sarah Jaffe: “The sense of anger amongst some men is masking a form of grief”

Our latest Hard Feelings column features a raw and powerful interview with the American author exploring grief as a prism through which to understand the world and the people, systems, relationships and communities within it in.

  • Daddy Issues
  • Robert Kazandjian

Kola Bokinni: “With dementia, you grieve for the person before they die”

For the latest in our Hard Feelings column, Robert Kazandjian sits down with the Ted Lasso star to talk about grief, building a relationship with his dad and losing him slowly to dementia.

  • Culture
  • Robert Kazandjian

Jordan Stephens: “I don’t like using the term ‘Toxic Masculinity’ anymore”

In the latest edition of our masculinity column Hard Feelings, the Rizzle Kicks singer and author talks about his childhood, vulnerability, his relationship with his mum and more.

  • Daddy Issues
  • Robert Kazandjian

Bashy: “My dad kept me alive”

In our latest Hard Feelings column, award winning actor and MC Ashley “Bashy” Thomas talks traditional masculinity, learning survival skills from his Dad and ‘making it’.

  • Culture
  • Robert Kazandjian

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