Why Damon Smith wasn’t labelled a terrorist by the courts. (Vice) Continue reading
High Rollers
Inside the most high-tech marijuana factory in the world. (Vice) Continue reading
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The British Teenager Who Tried to Bomb a Tube Train
Helal Al Baarini: “I’m a refugee, but I’m also a footballer”
What the young Syrian learned trying to become a pro footballer in the UK. (Vice) Continue reading
Celebrate Towel Day with Disaster Area: The loudest band in the Galaxy
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
Keeping The British End Up
My childhood hero Roger Moore died today. I met him last year and he was a real-life hero too. (NME) Continue reading
Register to vote – and take a +1
You may have already registered but we bet you know someone who hasn’t. (NME) Continue reading
Meeting the editor of Guatemala’s free feminist newspaper
How to be a feminist hero in one of the world’s most dangerous places to be a woman. (Shevolution) Continue reading
Manana: the festival helping contemporary Cuban music go global
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
Russell Brand: “We might be witnessing the end of democracy”
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
The unbearable loneliness of pick-up artist bootcamp
Can a three-day, £2,400 dating crash course really solve all your problems with women? (Shortlist) Continue reading
How to run for Parliament (while doing your A Levels)
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
Nothing But Thieves on new single ‘Amsterdam’, tour plans and taking advice from Muse’s Matt Bellamy
The Southend band are currently filming their new video in the Ukraine. (NME) Continue reading
93% of students say they’re registered to vote – but will it bring change?
A majority of those surveyed said they plan to vote Labour. (NME) Continue reading
Theresa May’s ‘strong and stable’ catchphrase is just a bad meme
The Conservative leader’s reliance on a single slogan is calculated to disguise her lack of big ideas. (NME) Continue reading
Just back from: Malta
Experiencing the colourful and vibrant carnival in Valletta, visiting Saint John’s Co-Cathedral and seeing the Azure Window just weeks before heavy storms knocked it down. (Lonely Planet Traveller) Continue reading
Idris Elba: ‘I’d get pelted with eggs for being black’
The ‘Luther’ star on how his new TV show brought his east London youth back. (The Daily Telegraph) Continue reading
From Charlotte Church to David Byrne: the musicians making covers bands cool
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
It’s A Kinda Magic
Brighton band The Magic Gang have a plan to bring “great, raw songs” back to guitar music. (NME) Continue reading
The Oldest Man In Folk Rock Speaks
Father John Misty on reading the Bible, dropping acid and reacting to President Trump with a six-day bender. (GQ) Continue reading
Maid In Australia
Yvonne Strahovski tells a tale for our time. (GQ) Continue reading
Pa’l Norte 2017: Señor Brightside
Tacos and tequila with The Killers in Mexico. (NME) Continue reading
The Haunting Case of the ‘Killer Cabbie’
After a night out with friends, a young woman disappeared. When police apprehended the suspect, he led them to another body. (Vice) Continue reading
Kong: Skull Island: “My own personal Heart of Darkness”
Tom Hiddleston and director Jordan Vogt-Roberts explain how Apocalypse Now inspired their new King Kong romp. Continue reading
Girls Power
Allison Williams leaves Girls for a film career, but it shows no sign of being any less provocative. (GQ) Continue reading
Totally Addictive
The duo behind The Chainsmokers are bringing virtual reality to electronic music. (GQ) Continue reading
“It’s simple: We need to help”
Meet the indie supergroup shining a light on the refugee crisis. (NME) Continue reading
The Life and Crimes of ‘Cannibal Cop Killer’ Stefano Brizzi
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
How Blur’s ‘Blur’ Brought Them Back from the Brink
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
Vampires, magic and Bob Marley: Calling Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
A glorious phone conversation with The Upsetter himself. (NME) Continue reading
Inside the Criminal Trend of Stealing Laughing Gas from Hospitals
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
Great Escape: Arizona
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
Kind Of Blues
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
The Jazz Funeral Of Lady Liberty
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
Diamond Geezers
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
Dominant
Mad Men, Sons of Anarchy and Billions – actress Maggie Siff usually lives in very masculine worlds both on and off screen, but that doesn’t mean she’s just going to accept the status quo. (The Fall) Continue reading
The Artist
Film’s favourite eccentric, Sam Rockwell, cites technique, training and hard work as the key to his success. But let’s not forget the electrifying talent – and some funky dance moves. (The Fall) Continue reading
The Other Side Of The Coyne
Wayne Coyne is back with a new Flaming Lips album, this time with help from Miley Cyrus and a newfound love of A$AP Rocky. (The Guardian) Continue reading
Joe Fox: Street Writer
From the pavement to The Ritz, meet A$AP Rocky’s soulful collaborator. (GQ) Continue reading
Ruby Rose: Keyed Up
It’s action stations in 2017 for the Orange Is The New Black star. (GQ) Continue reading
2016 Was The Year The Tabloids Won The War On Drugs
A new bill banning any and all “psychoactive substances” was the direct result of a moral panic started by the red tops. (Vice) Continue reading
Adam Driver: “To hear that Scorsese wants to talk… it’s surreal”
He made his name in Girls, replaced Darth Vader in Star Wars and now he’s working with his favourite director as a 17th Century priest. (The i) Continue reading
The Ady Experience
How a hotshot singer from Lincolnshire caught the eye of LA’s big guns. (GQ) Continue reading
Jim Jarmusch: Not For Turning
After almost 40 years in cinema, the director remains the quintessential leftfield auteur. He discusses how his gentle new film Paterson offers a Zen alternative to blockbuster chaos. (The Guardian) Continue reading
I Tried Every Legal High Left On The Market
And spent an afternoon snorting angina medication. (Vice) Continue reading
Gizzy wizzy, let’s get busy
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are the far-out psych band with a wild work ethic preparing to release five albums in one year. (The Guardian) Continue reading
Hey, That’s The Way To Say Goodbye
If there is such a thing as a good death, it appears, at least from a distance, that Leonard Cohen found it. (NME) Continue reading
“I got the girl and won all the fights. What more can you ask for?”
Sir Roger Moore on one-liners, the future of Britain and the perfect martini. (Shortlist) Continue reading
Soul Power
Gallant’s smooth vocals and futuristic R&B have won him friends in high places. (GQ) Continue reading
