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The Borders Bill is a violent solution to an imaginary crisis
Opinion

The Borders Bill is a violent solution to an imaginary crisis

Welcome refugees — Priti Patel’s Nationality and Borders Bill relies on falsehoods around the illegality of channel crossings and will only endanger refugees. We must resist the government’s scaremongering tactics, writes JIWC’s communications officer, Nadia Hasan.

Written by: Nadia Hasan

Injury Reserve on a future without Groggs
Culture

Injury Reserve on a future without Groggs

‘He was the heart of the band‘ — Over a year ago, hip hop band Injury Reserve tragically lost one of its three members. Now, amid the release of their new album, the band’s remaining artists, Ritchie With A T and Parker Corey, are facing up to and finding ways to honour the late rapper’s legacy.

Written by: Thomas Hobbs

How do you make fitness accessible for all?
Outdoors

How do you make fitness accessible for all?

In partnership with Reebok — In the first instalment of Collectivity, Liverpool’s 2Step Collective link up with Tyrone Brennand, a personal trainer and entrepreneur who is working to create an exercise culture that works for everyone – regardless of who they are, or where they come from.

Written by: Huck

A portrait of Chernobyl three decades on from the disaster
Culture

A portrait of Chernobyl three decades on from the disaster

Ghosts of the past — In 1986, Chernobyl became the site of the worst nuclear accident in history. 30 years on, photographer Jake Millers travelled to the town to capture the relics of a former way of life.

Written by: Megan Wallace

A visual celebration of the revolutionary Angela Davis
Culture

A visual celebration of the revolutionary Angela Davis

Power to the people — A new exhibition is celebrating the activist, abolitionist, and feminist, and exploring how she utilised her image as a tool in the fight for freedom.

Written by: Miss Rosen

How climate anxiety is devastating a generation
Culture

How climate anxiety is devastating a generation

‘I‘ve felt utterly helpless‘ — A new study has exposed the terrifying extent to which the climate crisis is linked to widespread psychological distress among young people globally. Experts are calling on governments to take these concerns seriously, or risk inflicting further damage.

Written by: Ben Smoke

The wild style of the men and women of the Congo
Culture

The wild style of the men and women of the Congo

Dressed to the nines — British photographer Tariq Zaidi recounts documenting a fashion subculture, whose followers are known as Sapeurs. Most have ordinary day jobs as taxi-drivers, tailors and gardeners, but as soon as they clock off they transform themselves into debonair dandies.

Written by: Miss Rosen

BBLs and penis enlargements: the rise of men’s surgery
Activism

BBLs and penis enlargements: the rise of men’s surgery

Under the knife — Plastic surgery providers are targeting some of men’s biggest insecurities with hazardous procedures, often deploying social media advertising that lacks any meaningful oversight or regulation.

Written by: Chloé Meley

Inside the UK’s very own Little Korea
Culture

Inside the UK’s very own Little Korea

Home Away From Home — In a quiet suburb outside of London resides Europe’s largest Korean expatriate population. Among this tight-knit community are a significant number of DPRK defectors, who are forging a new life for themselves in a place they now call home.

Written by: Je Seung Lee

Young UK Muslims on growing up in the shadow of 9/11
Activism

Young UK Muslims on growing up in the shadow of 9/11

20 years on — To mark the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Gen Z Muslims reflect on how the tragedy spurred on Islamophobia in Britain, and the impact it’s had on their lives.

Written by: Mishti Ali

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