Slowly discovering a national identity in between the opposing flows of traditionalism and globalisation, we spotlight five rappers ushering in a new era of hip-hop in Kazakhstan
Oct 22, 2024
This grassroots community of creatives and activists are defiant in the face of Mexico’s hostility towards the LGBTQ+ community
Dec 23, 2022
The largest secondhand market in Ghana, Kantamanto is fuelling a new wave of creatives championing a fashion culture that is unique to the West African nation
Aug 02, 2022
We visit ‘Menkake Gyorestsu’, a centuries-old annual tradition supposedly originating from a Samurai leader’s illicit affair
Oct 19, 2017
Watch video of Spanish police using extreme force in our report from Catalonia
Oct 03, 2017
Remembering the island’s ‘Face of Pride’, someone who boldly and without fear encouraged a community to live out loud
Sep 06, 2017
‘No pride in police, no police in pride’
Aug 22, 2017
Many called the terrorist attack in Virginia ‘unthinkable’ but I’d worried about this nightmare scenario for weeks – we tried to stop it happening
Aug 15, 2017
The three-storey gaming warehouse in Kawasaki is modelled on Hong Kong’s lawless ‘city within a city’ that was demolished in 1994 after becoming synonymous with drug addiction and prostitution
Aug 14, 2017
Gotokuji is an area of the city obsessed with all things feline and many believe its temple to be the birthplace of ‘maneki-neko’ – the cats you’ve seen with one paw held high
Jul 20, 2017
We report from Germany on an emerging new way of dealing with the death of loved ones – getting close to bodies, art therapy and decorating DIY coffins
Jul 19, 2017
A report from Ikazuchi no Daihannya, a weird and wonderful ‘matsuri’ that takes place annually to ward off ancient ghosts
May 26, 2017
We talk to people on the streets of Mexico City who are celebrating Day Of The Dead – not Halloween
Oct 31, 2016
Crowds danced and kissed in solidarity with the gay community after a couple were reprimanded at the store for holding hands
Aug 14, 2016
Dozens of London’s radical action groups headed to the Byron Burger central branch to protest against the exploitation, entrapment and deportation of migrant workers
Aug 02, 2016
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