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But this kind of thinking plays right into the hands of the ruling forces upholding the status quo. In response, writer Nathalie Olah is issuing a rallying cry. A better future is possible – and it all starts with the radical act of imagination. I’ve

Provincetown has been offering shelter for centuries. A small town perched on the end of a sandbar jutting out into the Atlantic Ocean, it was here that the Mayflower Pilgrims first came ashore in the winter of 1620. The 20th century brought poets an

The year was 1968, and cities across the world were burning. In Paris, people took to the streets, occupying factories and universities: at one point, nearly 22 per cent of the population was on strike. Demonstrations followed in Berlin and Rome, as

Katherine Paul would like to make one thing clear from the very beginning: she had a normal, happy childhood. “I’ve read so many interviews with musicians and they’re so angsty, like, ‘Ugh, my dad took my guitar away and it was so rough,” she says wi

It was a crowning moment for the Brazilian surfer, one that saw her shattering a world record in the process. So what came next? Maya Gabeira has come a long way since she first picked up the board as a curious 14-year-old in Brazil. After all, this

In 1972, Swedish Prime Minister Olaf Palme was responsible for the first prominent use of the term ‘ecocide’, adopting it to describe the catastrophic environmental damage sustained during the Vietnam War. Speaking at the United Nations’ first major

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PATAGONIA At a time of unparallelled threat, urgent steps are required to combat the global climate crisis. But it’s often difficult to know where exactly to begin – or who to turn to. That’s where Patagonia Action Works comes in.

Alexander Giannascoli has a strange definition of lazy. The 26-year-old, in his own words, can be “kind of a bum,” whiling away his free days getting lost in books, playing games of pool and binging TV shows (he recently blazed through The Sopranos –

As a restless teenager living in Taiwan, Shu Lea Cheang often found solace in her university’s French Culture department. “I always tried to avoid school,” she says with a wry laugh, speaking over the phone from her home in Paris. “But Taiwanese film

Around 60 miles outside São Paulo you’ll find paradise. Behind 10-foot walls, biometric scanners, and armed security guards, Jardim “Villa Paradiso” (or: Paradise Garden) is a private Eden for anyone with enough cash to gain entry. One of many gated

Akin Akinsiku, a 35th generation Shaolin Temple disciple, is standing shirtless in a dimly lit gym. At his feet are three objects: a brush (made up of over 100 thin metal rods), a bar (also metal) and a brick (wrapped in plastic, to remove the coarse

Mica Levi is always on the move, so a conversation with her can sometimes prove logistically tricky. In this instance, the chat takes place over the course of a few days. The artist, songwriter, producer and composer starts by sending a series of voi

In 2017, when photographer Stefano Lemon found himself at one of South Florida’s notorious hardcore gigs for the first time, he ended up temporarily losing his hearing. However, the short-term impairment did nothing to dampen his enthusiasm for the s

It’s a Tuesday evening in the east Berlin neighbourhood of Friedrichshain. A diverse young crowd is gathered outside Badehaus, a run-down music venue that closely resembles a western saloon, waiting patiently for the doors to open. After a short whil

As an award-winning writer and former top-rated cam girl, Isa Mazzei might not immediately seem like the kind of person who’d ever consider themselves an outsider. She’s open and frank in conversation; a charismatic speaker who can laugh at her most