Over 100 years since pioneers struck it rich in Canada’s Yukon the remote territory remains home to those who answer the call of the wild. (Lonely Planet Traveller) Continue reading
Joining the thousands of fans from West Africa who flock to Baaba Maal’s annual Blues du Fleuve festival in Podor (The Guardian) Continue reading
Pablo Escobar’s old estate is now a weird Jurassic Park-themed zoo (Vice) Continue reading
Villagers in Odisha state are writing and performing plays to explore problems ranging from hand-washing to local schools (The Guardian) Continue reading
In the Ngiri-Ngiri district of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, volunteers have to take sanitation into their own hands (The Guardian) Continue reading
Investigatory Powers Tribunals are where you complain if you think the government is spying on you. They’re usually held behind closed doors but this year a few select public hearings have taken place, so I went to check one out. (Vice) Continue reading
Exploring Roma culture at Budapest’s Sziget festival against the backdrop of the rise of Hungary’s far right – and enjoying a dish of rooster testicle stew. (The Quietus) Continue reading
Protecting the rights of women who work as prostitutes is one of the best ways to prevent the spread of HIV. And in Orissa, India, that approach is working – even amid deep-rooted taboos. (The Guardian) Continue reading
PillReports has been keeping ecstasy users safe for 18 years. (Vice) Continue reading
The Kills’ guitarist discusses his band’s fifteenth anniversary, plans for new singles and Lisbon’s best night out. (NME) Continue reading
In Lisbon, the Stockport band discuss playing Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage, meeting David Beckham and recording for their second album. (NME) Continue reading
The festival in Gdynia also saw performances from The Weeknd, Warpaint and Brodka. (NME) Continue reading
Growing up in Budapest, David Merlini became so obsessed with Harry Houdini he decided to follow in his shackled footsteps. (b inspired) Continue reading
The spirit of peace and love lives on in a few special places across Europe. I share the five big ideas behind these tiny utopias. (Easyjet Traveller) Continue reading
The actor and musician on playing the festival and Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘hopeful’ message. (NME) Continue reading
The Glastonbury organiser on Corbynmania, the coming fallow year and the festival’s future plans. (NME) Continue reading
The Shadow Chancellor on Jeremy Corbyn’s appearance on the Pyramid Stage, the Grenfell Tower disaster and drug legalisation. (NME) Continue reading
Liam Fray of The Courteeners on his Glastonbury memories and who he’d like to see headline. (NME)
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Celebrating the area’s tenth anniversary with co-founder Steve Gallagher. (NME) Continue reading
The grime pioneer on why he should be the festival’s first British rap headliner. (NME)
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The campaign is asking Radiohead to pull out of their planned show in Israel next month. (NME) Continue reading
It’s two years since Declan McKenna won Glastonbury’s Emerging Talent competition. I caught up with him backstage to talk about politics, his upcoming debut album and being back on Worthy Farm. (NME) Continue reading
Speaking before a screening of his 2004 film The Libertine, Depp joked about inviting Donald Trump to the festival. (NME) Continue reading
Kim Edwards and her boyfriend, Lucas Markham, were sentenced to life for the murder of Edwards’ mother and sister. (Vice) Continue reading
Why Damon Smith wasn’t labelled a terrorist by the courts. (Vice) Continue reading
What the young Syrian learned trying to become a pro footballer in the UK. (Vice) Continue reading
The band, created by Douglas Adams and fronted by Hotblack Desiato, are regarded as being not just the loudest rock band but the loudest noise of any kind at all. (NME) Continue reading
My childhood hero Roger Moore died today. I met him last year and he was a real-life hero too. (NME) Continue reading
You may have already registered but we bet you know someone who hasn’t. (NME) Continue reading
How to be a feminist hero in one of the world’s most dangerous places to be a woman. (Shevolution) Continue reading
In a country dubbed an ‘offline nation’, a new event is encouraging local musicians to join folkloric forces with European DJs and bringing them to the UK. (The Guardian) Continue reading
Brand is back and questioning everything, from politics to fame to fatherhood. I meet a man who once thought he could change the world with his ego, but now just wants to understand it a bit better. (NME) Continue reading
Can a three-day, £2,400 dating crash course really solve all your problems with women? (Shortlist) Continue reading
18-year-old Eli Aldridge has been selected as a Labour candidate for the General Election on 8 June – a day after his A Level exams start. (NME) Continue reading
The Southend band are currently filming their new video in the Ukraine. (NME) Continue reading
A majority of those surveyed said they plan to vote Labour. (NME) Continue reading
The Conservative leader’s reliance on a single slogan is calculated to disguise her lack of big ideas. (NME) Continue reading
The ‘Luther’ star on how his new TV show brought his east London youth back. (The Daily Telegraph) Continue reading
The Welsh singer’s Late Night Pop Dungeon takes in the likes of King Crimson and Destiny’s Child – but she’s not the only one paying tribute to her heroes. (The Guardian) Continue reading
Brighton band The Magic Gang have a plan to bring “great, raw songs” back to guitar music. (NME) Continue reading
Father John Misty on reading the Bible, dropping acid and reacting to President Trump with a six-day bender. (GQ) Continue reading
Yvonne Strahovski tells a tale for our time. (GQ) Continue reading
Tacos and tequila with The Killers in Mexico. (NME) Continue reading
After a night out with friends, a young woman disappeared. When police apprehended the suspect, he led them to another body. (Vice) Continue reading
Tom Hiddleston and director Jordan Vogt-Roberts explain how Apocalypse Now inspired their new King Kong romp. Continue reading
Allison Williams leaves Girls for a film career, but it shows no sign of being any less provocative. (GQ) Continue reading
The duo behind The Chainsmokers are bringing virtual reality to electronic music. (GQ) Continue reading
Meet the indie supergroup shining a light on the refugee crisis. (NME) Continue reading
The Italian invited a policeman to his London flat for a chemsex party, strangled him, chopped him up and, inspired by ‘Breaking Bad’, tried to dissolve him in acid. (Vice) Continue reading
Burnt out by Britpop and a failure to break America, 20 years ago Blur were disintegrating, but somehow they wrote their biggest song, and one of the best LPs of their career. (Vice) Continue reading
A glorious phone conversation with The Upsetter himself. (NME) Continue reading
Steal NOS and sell it in balloons at a rave, and you’ve made £700 of pure profit, so it’s no wonder thefts are on the rise. (Vice) Continue reading
At home with Frank Lloyd Wright in Phoenix and Scottsdale, sizing up the Grand Canyon and connecting with the land in the Navajo Nation. (Lonely Planet Traveller) Continue reading
As the critically acclaimed Rag’n’Bone Man, singer-songwriter Rory Graham plays to his own rhythm – and is using it to reset old standards. (GQ) Continue reading
Inauguration Day in The Big Easy… Dancing to reclaim the streets in Trump’s America… Rallying cries in front of City Hall… Six-foot vagina in the nightclub… Hope in the dark… Continue reading
Run The Jewels – aka El P and Killer Mike – are the wisecracking US hip hop duo who mix humour with hard-hitting politics. On the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration, they tell me about their new album ‘RTJ3’, America’s future – and why they think we’re living in a parallel universe. (NME) Continue reading
