Emily Hill is a communist who sleeps in Hackney. She edits the Brute, blogs on the arts and writes propaganda for a pittance. In the daylight, she trawls the East End for new things in a pair of dark glasses but in the twilight, she slow dances to techno in custom-made lederhosen and a military hat. She is exceptionally short and eats a lot of apples. If you should spot her please give her a wave. And if you don't you can here - www.myspace.com/gumilev - there's really no escaping her.
Few people can claim to have published Henry Miller, Salvador Dali and Anais Nin in their lifetime. But renegade bookworm Peter Owen can – and he did it all from his kitchen table
Sep 27, 2014
As Minister of Culture for The Black Panthers, Emory Douglas’s revolutionary art was a key part of the push towards black empowerment. His legacy has been forgotten – until now
Jul 27, 2014
An investigation into the arcane story of the poet whose mysterious disappearance (was it suicide?) led to his poetry's popularisation
Jun 28, 2014
From Twiggy to Reggie Kray, Kubrick, the Stones and Jack Nicholson, if Leonard Lewis cut your hair, you were headed for the top
Jun 22, 2014