Issue 77: Spring/Summer 2022

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RADICAL CULTURE

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Editor-in-Chief Andrea Kurland andrea@tcolondon.com Editor Niall Flynn niall@tcolondon.com Digital Editor Daisy Schofield daisy@tcolondon.com Politics & Activism Editor Ben Smoke Editor-at-Large Michael Fordham Contributing Editor Jamie Brisick Comic
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TiCE CiN
SITTING ON THE RIVER LEA, next to the historic Essex-Middlesex border in Northeast London, is Walthamstow Wetlands – a 211-hectare reservoir site and one of Europe’s largest urban wetlands. It’s a haven for wildlife, from grey herons, kingfishers and
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Mitski
MITSKI MIYAWAKI IS REMINISCING about a missing person. “She was someone who simply wrote her feelings, and didn’t think about how her narrative was being conveyed,” she recalls, describing a talented 20-something who’s “long gone now”. This missing w
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Never Stop fighting
Resistance pulses through Kyiv. For years, a far-reaching network of fearless young Ukrainians in the city’s interlocking art, activism and club-culture scenes have been battling for a more equal society. IT’S A BONE-CHILLING NIGHT IN KYIV, towards t
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Against The Tide
IT’S EARLY IN THE MORNING AT BUREH BEACH, a stretch of sand situated on the far tip of Sierra Leone’s Western Area Peninsula. Something apocalyptic is brewing. Fearsome Atlantic waves batter the shoreline. The sky is overcast with the Harmattan, a no
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Issue 77
We hang out with Mitski in London. Ride waves in Sierra Leone. Meet the free-runners of Gaza. Follow the underground resistance in Kyiv. Chart the dissolution of a small mining town in Pennsylvania, USA. And more. Join us as we tumble in and out of r
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How I Got The Shot - EWEN SPENCER
WHEN THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN, I wasn’t long out of art school. It was 1998, I’d graduated the year before. I was flipping between London and Brighton, visiting Paris a lot, partying quite a bit and taking pictures of my friends. In that sense, magazines
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STill BUrning
ON 27 MAY, 1962, a long, shrill whistle swept through Centralia, sounding the alarm. An abandoned coal mine, now an unofficial trash dump, was on fire. Volunteer firefighters and borough workers moved quickly to extinguish the flames. But unto their
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Where the Magic Happens Porridge Radio
In this series, we interview people in-and about - spaces personal to them. For the latest instalment, we catch up with Dana Margolin in her London studio to connect the dots between music, painting and her relationship with the city. IN A CITY LIKE
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Devil's pool
WISSAHICKON PARK sits surrounded by city neighbourhoods, a sprawling public green space home to miles upon miles of trails. It’s one of the few remaining wild areas left in Philadelphia. Make your way down one of these trails, following a creek that
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Push the Sky Away
In Gaza, a group of young Palestinians have found temporary freedom in the act of parkour, reimagining wreckage and ruins as a series of high-octane playgrounds. The fearless collective see freerunning as a way of taking their immediate environment t
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HOME Of The PEOPLE
FROM TOWER BRIDGE TO THE SHARD, London hosts a wealth of world-famous architecture. But while much has been written about these grandiose designs, the buildings that sit in their shadows are rarely celebrated. By celebrating an overlooked area of Bri
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Wear your Colours
TOWARDS THE END OF SUMMER 2020, Karl Shannon sent out a tweet, asking if any LGBTQ+ GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association) players based in the Dublin area would like to come together for a game. While he expected some kind of response, he never anticipat
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The Dazzling Blackness
I’M THINKING ABOUT BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT Getulio Vargas, who shot himself in the heart in 1954; I’m thinking about Pepe Lopes, who died in a hang gliding accident while trying to win a second world title in Japan in 1991; I’m thinking about Aryton Senn
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LESSONS LEARNED SHaRON VAN ETTEN
“YOU’VE GOT TO LOSE SOMETIMES" chanted Sharon Van Etten on 2012’s ‘Magic Chords’, a back-against-the-wall confessional that found surprising hope in the idea of reaching rock bottom. Like so many of the New Jersey singer-songwriter’s best songs - see
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Run to The Source
When he first started ultra running, Martin Johnson, or MJ, was often the only Black runner on the start line. Covering almost superhuman distances, ultramarathons span any length longer than a marathon's 26.2 miles. MJ has been working to bring grea
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When hits The Sun
The result is a brand new chapter for Hackney Bumps, a concrete haven in the heart of East London, where skateboarding is just the beginning. WHAT’S BETTER THAN THIS? It’s a summer night and you’re 15 years old. You’re playing spin the bottle with yo
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Soccer Mommy
I just finished an exciting period of work and now I’m struggling with a comedown of sorts. Have you ever experienced similar feelings - finishing a tour for example - and if so, how did you overcome them? - Hannah I’ve definitely experienced sadness

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