While many radical bookshops across the UK fold under the increasing costs of running a small business, Housmans in Peace House has remained a community pillar for readers and activists alike.
It’s a passion that brought him to Books for Cooks in Notting Hill, spending three decades creating a unique haven for cookbook enthusiasts.
The young Irish painter who sees sounds and hears colours talks about embracing his synaesthesia through artwork.
How two friends built a thriving film community
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Movie & Mingle brings together hundreds of film buffs for screenings and socialising, creating a real-world community in a digital era.
An Oxford bookshop reckons work against play, asserting it must have both to maintain its community.
Speculation about celebrities’ personal lives is not new. But as celebrities are increasingly seen as public property, the pressure to share all aspects of one’s identity is growing.
The naked truths of a life model
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We meet Lily Holder, who spent over a decade baring it all before strangers and is now using her unique insight to deliver dynamic life-drawing classes.
From oil paintings to long-form documentaries, the artists in P21 Gallery’s exhibition grapple with nationhood in the face of genocide.
The dancer was not given a contract for the English National Ballet. Why? Nothing to do with her skills – but because of the colour of her skin.
After leaving salons consistently feeling as if our curly texture was the problem, many curly girls turn to straighteners, erasing a part our identity. Now, there’s a new movement restoring pride in our hair – and in who we are.