Sport
Dide is providing a voice for elite footballers and young people everywhere
No one knows who he is, not even his teammates, but the Premier League’s masked rapper blends cold flow and drill-informed beats to interrogate the world around him.
Written by: Isaac Muk
Finding redemption at the bars
Directed by Spencer Murphy, The Bars celebrates a community that has grown up around bar parks made from knives recovered from the streets of London by charity Steel Warriors.
Written by: Alex King
The trans boxer fighting to open up combat sports for queer people
Trans boxers are banned from licensed fights in England, so Jill Leflour is going blow-for-blow to end trans exclusion in sport.
Written by: Alex King
Brutal portraits showing the realistic side of pro-wrestling
Photographer Michael Watson explains how his candid backstage images capture the raw energy and larger than life personalities of some of wrestling's biggest stars.
Written by: Sean Neumann
Inside the UK’s only licensed bare knuckle fight club
Bradford-based photographer John Bolloten captures the brutal world of bare knuckle pit fighting in the north of England.
Written by: Isaac Muk
Poignant photos of Cornwall’s last raceway
Photographer Becky Tyrell went down to the fading banger and stock raceway to meet a community desperate to keep it alive.
Written by: Isaac Muk
The artist using the outdoors to inspire her electronic music
Merrell 1TRL x The Outsiders Project — How the sounds of nature, air force bases, walking across the country, Windrush and synthesisers have influenced one woman’s journey through music and life.
Written by: Josh Jones
The hijabi sisters changing the face of skateboarding in Hull
Meet the Insistergaters — Layna, Maysa and Amaya are three siblings looking to disrupt narratives around the sport. In doing so, they’re hoping to inspire a new generation of skateboarders.
Written by: Dalia Al-Dujaili
Inside Ireland’s first queer Gaelic football team
Wear your colours — As the country slowly frees itself from the grip of social conservatism, its national sports are modernising too, powered by a new generation of athletes and fans determined to create more inclusive spaces. At the forefront of this movement is Na Gaeil Aeracha, the country’s first ever queer GAA club.
Written by: Róisín Lanigan
Photos of the London ride out in protest of knife crime
BikeStormz 2022 — Thousands attended the annual event this year to wheelie through the city and call for ‘knives down, bikes up’.
Written by: Huck
Inside the murky world of tennis courtsiding
Match point — For over a decade, gamblers have won big by employing people to place live bets from the court. But does this dubious method still work?
Written by: Dante Clarke
The DIY group carving out space for women’s football
Baller FC — With the Women’s Euros in full swing, last week saw glorious, sweaty celebrations take place in a dedicated, safe space for female and non-binary fans.
Written by: Ben Smoke