The Church of Extreme Body Modification
In recent years, body modification has become increasingly common and widely accepted. A fifth of Britons have tattoos and even more have piercings. For the members of the Church of Body Modification, such body art has a more spiritual significance. The Church is based and legally recognised in the
Not Just A Dream: The story of Helem, the Arab World’s First LGBTQ Rights Organisation
From the perspective of the western media, gay rights activism in the Arab world is virtually non-existent. It’s difficult to fly the rainbow flag when homosexual acts are criminalized in all but three of the 22 countries of the Arab world
Notes from the Ground: Dispatch #3, Quarter Horse
"Too much choice is bad for a comrade"
The Bloomsbury Set in Oxford
'Virginia Woolf and friends donned beards and costumes to disguise themselves as Abyssinian princes in order to dupe the admiral and gain access to the pride of the British naval fleet, HMS Dreadnought'
‘You can see it in my files. It’s written in my DNA’ : Young care leavers and The Big House Theatre Company
Two thirds of 'looked after' children have at least one physical health complaint, and no less than half have a mental health disorder. They are also 4 times more likely to commit suicide. One of the most vulnerable sectors of society, children in care are being staggeringly let down.
ISIS Eye: Curly Moore
'People stare all the time. They ask me if I'm wearing tights. Sometimes I have to say, 'excuse me but it's rude to stare, you know.''
Motown to Ghost Town: Detroit’s Urban Decay
Detroit is Motown, the birthplace of the hits that changed America and with it the world. But it’s also a ghost town, around its broken centre of clustered skyscrapers and Tigers stadium
NOTES FROM THE GROUND: DISPATCH #2, G&D’s
One imagines that the "little children" Jesus welcomed in Matthew 10 came clutching one scoop tubs of G&D's "Dime Bar Crunch"
Rare Phenomenons: An Interview With Eleanor Hardwick
Atmospheric photography, original set design, the scent of thunderstorms and eclectic costuming all form part of Eleanor Hardwick's experimental-electro-ambient pop music duo 'Moonbow'