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Why living 15 minutes from everything is actually good
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Why living 15 minutes from everything is actually good

Where goes the neighbourhood? — The 15-minute city is an urban planning model that has recently found itself at the centre of a bizarre conspiracy about freedom of movement, but millions are already living in them. Is it hell on earth as some fear, or is it, in fact, lovely?

Written by: Diyora Shadijanova

Photos revealing the reality of childbirth without clean water
Photography

Photos revealing the reality of childbirth without clean water

A new exhibition open this International Women's Day shines a light on the stories of mothers and babies in Malawi’s Ntchisi District, who were previously impacted by dirty water, poor sanitation and a lack of hygiene in health centres.

Written by: Ben Smoke

Men go through heartbreak too
Books

Men go through heartbreak too

Read an exclusive extract from Iggy London's 'MANDEM', an electric new anthology on Black masculinity that digs into everything from role models to the mother-son relationship to handling a broken heart.

Written by: Emma Garland

Amazon's surveillance culture is 'breaking' its workers
Amazon UK

Amazon's surveillance culture is 'breaking' its workers

'We've all hit breaking point' — As Amazon UK staff strike for the first time in history, GMB members on the picket line in Coventry tell us about the "productivity targets" wreaking havoc on their physical and mental health.

Written by: Adele Walton

Tenants are being left out in the cold by the cladding crisis
Activism

Tenants are being left out in the cold by the cladding crisis

'We want our homes back' — When Grenfell-style cladding was removed from a Salford tower block in 2020, tenants had no idea it would take years to replace. With the government and the private housing association Pendleton Together at loggerheads over responsibility, residents of Holm Court have now spent three winters without insulation.

Written by: Jessica Bradley

Inside Oregon's only locked psychiatric facility for women
Photography

Inside Oregon's only locked psychiatric facility for women

In 1976, Mary Ellen Mark was given unique access to Oregon State Hospital to photograph life on the high security Ward 81, creating a nuanced and compassionate portrayal of female mental health patients.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Photos of what San Francisco really looked like in the '60s
Photography

Photos of what San Francisco really looked like in the '60s

Believing the media’s representation of the Haight-Ashbury district during the hippie movement to be exaggerated and overly negative, Elaine Mayes sought to photograph the true face of counterculture in the 1960s.

Written by: Isaac Muk

Inside the Stratford theatre being used as a warm bank
At What Cost?

Inside the Stratford theatre being used as a warm bank

To freeze, or not to freeze?

Written by: Ben Smoke

Portraits of North East England on the cusp of change
Photography

Portraits of North East England on the cusp of change

Taken during the only dull week of a long, hot summer in 1966, Peter Brabban's 'Newcastle Project' captures a city in the process of modernisation.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Intimate photos of love and loneliness in rural Russia
Photography

Intimate photos of love and loneliness in rural Russia

Exploring a world that doesn’t fit into the neat narrative of "Putin’s Russia", photographer Nadia Sablin takes a decade-long look at a small village and its inhabitants, institutions, nature, and mythology.

Written by: Zoe Whitfield

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