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Tens of thousands gather to remember Jason Arday at London vigil

Stand Up to Racism — It took place in Trafalgar Square, with speakers paying tribute to the former Cambridge professor’s life and achievements, while calling for accountability over the reporting he faced from the mainstream press.

Written by: Ella Glossop

© DB Burkeman
Music

Lost photos from the heyday of punk and new wave

Crash Bang — DB Burkeman’s latest photobook unearths photographs from his younger years as an aspiring music photographer, which sat undeveloped in his family home for decades.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Culture

Gold-tinged togetherness as Londoners flock to Primrose Hill for the solar eclipse

Celestial gathering — Ella Glossop photographs the once in decades event from one the city’s most popular gathering spots, and the community spirit that encapsulated the moment.

Written by: Ella Glossop

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Sport

The global skateboarding crew reshaping Muslim sisterhood

Skater Uktis — Founded in London in 2020, the crew has ballooned across the world, with meetups and members in Pakistan, Palestine and beyond. Zahra Onsori tracks its rise and the powerful community it has created.

Written by: Zahra Onsori

Activism

Queer resistance & sun-soaked solidarity at the world’s largest trans pride march

Our Future, Our Fight — Over the weekend, over 150,000 people marched at the London Trans+ Pride, with the parade ending at Trafalgar Square for the first time in history.

Written by: Ella Glossop

Sport

London’s largest indoor skatepark to be demolished for padel courts

Better Extreme — The Barking skatepark’s fate follows that of similar indoor spaces in recent years, with operators GLL citing falling visitor numbers as the reason behind the decision.

Written by: Isaac Muk

Culture

Youthful joy & end-of-era poignancy at a London school prom

Leavers — For several years, Lewis Khan documented young people as they celebrated the last of their school days and the completion of their exams. The series is now collated in a new self-published photobook and short film.

Written by: Zoe Whitfield

Culture

A major Nan Goldin exhibition is coming to London

You Never Did Anything Wrong — Opening at the Hayward Gallery in November, the show will debut a new film from the artist and activist, alongside a slate of recent work.

Written by: Jack Dennison-Thompson

Music

Joe James: “I will never be absent in my children’s lives because I know it doesn’t feel nice”

Hard Feelings — As the silky MC prepares to release his debut album ‘The Ends Never Ends’, he joins our column on fatherhood and masculinity to discuss leaving his childhood home at 16, the manosphere and his risk-embracing approach to life.

Written by: Robert Kazandjian

Sport

The London sword fighters reviving medieval combat

Schola Gladitoria — Studying ancient textbooks and techniques, the historical European martial arts community duel with centuries old systems of engagement. Mads Jensen swings a blade in an Ealing church to find out more.

Written by: Mads Jensen

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