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World’s first youth culture museum is opening in London

Music, subculture and style — The Museum of Youth Culture will be opening in Camden in December, with 6,500 sq ft of space.

  • Culture
  • Isaac Muk
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Inside the UK Bus Driver of the Year Competition

Terminating here — The annual tournament takes place in Blackpool, where over 100 bus drivers from around the UK are invited to show off their proficiency behind the wheel, from bus stop manoeuvres and the dreaded ‘tailswing test’, to a notoriously hard theory quiz. George Francis Lee reports.

  • Sport
  • George Francis Lee
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© Merlin Daleman

Merlin Daleman’s stark portrait of time-trapped Britain

Mutiny — Created in the wake of the Brexit referendum, the photographer’s debut book is a years-long photographic survey of economic inequality, and of towns and cities left behind as London continues to develop.

  • Culture
  • Isaac Muk
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Vibrations and victories at the World Worm Charming Championships

The magic below — Every year, the small town of Nantwich in Cheshire turns the quiet art of coaxing worms from the earth into an internationally known sport, as competitors shake, stomp, and strum their way to glory.

  • Sport
  • Ella Glossop
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The fun, flares and frenzy on ‘Gallagher Hill’ when Oasis came home

Unmistakably Northern — With tickets for the Manchester Britpop legends’ reunion tour being difficult and expensive to secure, thousands of fans gathered on a hill in Heaton Park to catch a glimpse regardless. Now, its party atmosphere is immortalised in photographer Gabriel Purcell’s new zine.

  • Music
  • Isaac Muk
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“Humanity’s big threat is our disconnect from nature”: Craig Richards and Chris Levine in conversation

Lighting up — With Houghton Festival collaborating with artist Chris Levine in its most recent edition, we sat down with the light artist and the festival’s creative director Craig Richards to chat about their new installations, and the role of art and music in tumultuous times.

  • Culture
  • Isaac Muk
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The Tossers: Inside the world of competitive egg throwing

The Obsessives — From Russian Egg Roulette to the showpiece Throw and Catch, the World Egg Throwing Championships is a cracking tournament. Ginnia Cheng joined this year’s edition, and scrambled to keep up.

  • Sport
  • Ginnia Cheng
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Lionesses Euro final win draws the UK’s most watched 2025 TV moment

Bringing it home again — 12.2 million people tuned in to watch England women’s football team beat out Spain on the BBC, with a strong showing from young fans.

  • Sport
  • Ella Glossop
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Remembering the radical anti-nuclear Greenham Women’s Peace Camp

Life at the Fence — In the early ’80s, a women’s only camp at an RAF site in Berkshire was formed to protest the threat of nuclear arms. Janine Wiedel’s new photobook revisits its anti-establishment setup and people.

  • Activism
  • Miss Rosen
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Nottingham’s forbidden skaters are repaving the city’s landscape

Skate Nottingham — Having once been a UK skateboarding hub, a Y2K bylaw banned the sport in the city’s public areas. Now, a new generation is demonstrating the value that they bring to the local area, and recalibrating attitudes across the board.

  • Sport
  • Molly Baker

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