BEX says the angry part out loud with new single ‘silence’
It's biting. It's cutting. Nice cheekiness to the lyrics too. BEX seems like a girl you would mess with at your peril. This track really hits into your skull no doubt about that. Nu-punk powerhouse BEX wraps up a huge year with her final release of 2025: ‘silence’....
A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE & Artist Eugene Kangawa
Japanese artist Eugene Kangawa (b. 1989) and A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE unveil a new collaborative project born from a three-year creative exchange between Kangawa and designer Yoshiyuki Miyamae and his team. The partnership began when Miyamae saw Kangawa’s Light and...
Tessa Boffin – ‘horny daydreams and tattered photographs’ – new book
“If we choose to forget the role transgressive fantasies play in shaping sexual identities, we leave our sense of selves and our imagery wanting. Maybe it is time to remember how we model ourselves on horny daydreams and tattered photographs.” — Tessa Boffin In the...
Dark Arts: London’s Descent into the Occult
There is a place beneath Waterloo Station where the city seems to breathe differently—where the air grows heavier, shadows linger longer, and history feels close enough to touch. This autumn, those tunnels will become the gateway to a hidden world. On 11 October 2025,...
Irvine Welsh: ‘Reality Is Not Enough’ Film
From award-winning documentary filmmaker Paul Sng (Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché, Tish), Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough is an illuminating and immersive portrait that offers a rare glimpse into the mind of one of Britain’s most provocative writers — at work, at...
A Dark Fairy Tale from artist & storyteller Viktor Wynd
In Dark Fairy Tales, collector and storyteller Viktor Wynd shares a trove of eerie, risqué, and grotesque tales gathered on his travels from Ireland and Norway to Papua New Guinea and Borneo. Encounter trolls, witches, shapeshifters, changelings, and even a...
Gatherings – The Folklore that stitched us together
“I wanted to make space for the people who carry these traditions—the custodians, not commentators. By listening rather than explaining, we discover something deeper: our instinct to gather, our need for belonging and our connection to place.” Dave Brewis Britain is...
Erykah Badu ‘The Return of Automatic Slim’ Tour
"Artists need some kind of stimulating experience a lot of times, which crystallizes when you sing about it or paint it or sculpt it. You literally mold the experience the way you want. It's therapy." Erykah Badu Erykah Badu is a multifaceted creative force whose...
Little Trouble Girls – Interview with director Urška Djukić
Little Trouble Girls, a sensual and thought provoking coming of age tale, is a debut brimming with poetic imagery that is sure to satisfy many. This is by no means Slovenian writer/director Urška Djukić’s first project, however. In 2021, Djukić and co-director Emilie...
‘Easily Distra…’ – Interview with Harriet Dyer
For years, comedian Harriet Dyer had no idea that she was hard of hearing. It was only during the pandemic, when everybody was wearing a mask, that she realised just how much she’d been relying on reading lips in order to properly understand people. “Well, I grew up...
Kimpton Vividora Barcelona – effortless chic in the Barri Gòtic
King of Catalan, Barcelona is a city of glorious extremes from the magnificence of its Gaudi masterpieces to its deeply rooted Catalan heritage, to its football triumphs at Camp Nou. Visiting the city is a joy, and even better, to stay deep in the Barri Gòtic at a...
Mother Vera – The creators of the enigmatic docufilm
Alys Tomlinson and Cécile Embleton's documentary Mother Vera, winner of the 2024 Grierson Documentary Competition at the BFI London Film Festival, offers an intimate exploration of a young Orthodox nun in a Belarusian monastery. For the last twenty years, Vera has...
Depeche Mode release date for film ‘Depeche Mode: M’
"At its core, our new film ‘M' is about the deep connection between music, culture, and people—and Fernando Frías, who directed and conceived the film, did a beautiful job telling that story that through the lens of Mexican culture and our shows in Mexico City,” Dave...
A love letter to a city: IDLES’ glorious homecoming
On Friday 1st August, Bristol’s Queen Square was transformed into a pulsing arena of punk energy as IDLES returned to their hometown for a career-defining headline show. This marked the first major gig in Queen Square since Massive Attack in 2003, and the atmosphere...
Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett – a riot of music, circus & dark comedy
“I’m thrilled to be returning to Edinburgh after so many years, to a city and a festival I love, which holds a special place in my heart. This show is a fierce, sequin-clad celebration of non-conformity and an electrifying fusion of music, performance, and pure...